chilling
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of chilling
Example Sentences
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And the truly chilling part is how quickly Washington has adapted to it.
From Salon • May 16, 2026
Having it look exactly like things that then happened on the news, that was chilling.
From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026
Fifa offical Heimo Schirgi said: "The NJ Transit current pricing model will have a chilling effect."
From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026
He said those chilling words shouldn’t be taken literally, according to a recording shared with the Journal.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
Could I but have stiffened to the still frost—the friendly numbness of death—it might have pelted on; I should not have felt it; but my yet living flesh shuddered at its chilling influence.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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