chilling
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of chilling
Example Sentences
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There’s a chilling moment at the end of the film where somebody asks him, “Why have you accreted so much power?”
From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026
Shudder presents director Nicholas Pineda’s found-footage film about security guards at an old institution with a chilling past.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
Oleksandr Pestrykov, an advocacy expert from the Ukrainian House foundation in Warsaw, told AFP that Ukrainians in Poland were feeling the effects of the chilling relations personally.
From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026
One can imagine a slow drip of consumer horror stories having a chilling effect on people’s interest in Muse-like apps.
From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026
I had by this time lost all feeling in my feet and hands, but now the intense cold seemed to be seeping into my whole body, and chilling me to the bone.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
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