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Neither Ketti Frings's Mr. Sycamore nor Philip Barry's Without Love would probably have rated a bid to the exciting birthday parties of the Guild's youth, when whimsey and small talk were freezingly snubbed.

From Time Magazine Archive

It was freezingly cold, and this job of seeing off a distinguished stranger was not one to be envied, but Lieutenant Dubose performed his part manfully.

From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie

Mrs Dorrien was freezingly acid, and the household saw no one and went nowhere, and, needless to say, all reference to the erring one was strictly taboo.

From Dorrien of Cranston by Mitford, Bertram

"By your taking the responsibility," he as slowly and freezingly answered.

From Frenzied Finance Vol. 1: The Crime of Amalgamated by Lawson, Thomas William

"Certainly, monsieur,"—and her tone was freezingly polite,—"but then I will furnish it to the Ministry, as I'm specially instructed in such cases to do."

From Mlle. Fouchette A Novel of French Life by Murray, Charles Theodore