Example Sentences

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Karina initially approached BioTexCom to be a surrogate but chose not to proceed with the clinic, feeling they had treated her coldly in initial appointments with them.

From BBC • May 7, 2026

Arthur’s Bonnie asks desperately whether they’re going to do anything about Joe; Geoff, who is eating Joe’s steak, coldly replies, “Who’s Joe?”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 31, 2025

But something broke her — nearly every character here is broken, it’s a virtual trauma convention — and now she is the coldly efficient power behind what is meant to resemble a government.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 28, 2025

“We’re not rodeo people,” my mother coldly informed me.

From Salon • Nov. 23, 2024

But Cecilia said coldly, “Go on. What else?”

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan