chill
noun
coldness, especially a moderate but uncomfortably penetrating coldness.
are chilling
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present progressiveof chill.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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For Jamaicans, the comparisons with past storms are chilling.
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2025
The camera never reveals their faces, but their first-hand accounts are chilling.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 20, 2025
Khong’s prose is a pleasure to read — as it was in her first novel, “Goodbye, Vitamin,” winner of a California Book Award — even as the questions she raises are chilling, indeed.
From Seattle Times ● May 15, 2024
The videos of cars driving over highway subsection just minutes before it crumbled are chilling.
From Slate ● Jun. 16, 2023
The stories and statistics from that time are chilling.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2021
