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

Now baseball has coldly defined the strike zone as 17 inches of plate width, 8.5 inches of plate depth, passing between 53.5 and 27% of his height.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

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

A dreadful fear passed coldly over Jo, as she thought, “Beth is dead, and Meg is afraid to tell me.”

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott