have been chilling
- present perfect progressive of chill.
Example Sentences
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Or course you’re an actress playing a role on a movie set, but still, the sight of people in Nazi uniforms with their swastikas strolling around on the streets must have been chilling.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2023
The messages from one of his cousins in western Ukraine, recounting the family’s experience, have been chilling.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 28, 2022
The elements of this narrative have been chilling.
From Time ● Nov. 2, 2016
And while it may be too early to determine the ultimate fallout here, nationally the effects of pay-to-play have been chilling.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 8, 2012
Her look was calm, inquiring—would have been chilling to a man of sensibility—that is, of sensibility toward an unconquered woman.
From Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise by Phillips, David Graham
