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