cold one
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Few performers could make your blood run cold one minute and have you laughing the next.
From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026
It was so cold, one of his eyeballs froze, making it unusable.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2026
Basically, I need the ghost of Earl Weaver to bring me a hot dog and a cold one and scream at me to pay attention.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 5, 2026
At the end of a gravel road, a few children played outdoors, rosy-cheeked in the bitter cold, one wearing a Spiderman woolly hat.
From Barron's ● Feb. 6, 2026
When a man’s iron cooled, he took another from the rack and put the cold one back on the rack to reheat.
From "Dragonwings" by Laurence Yep
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