chill
noun
coldness, especially a moderate but uncomfortably penetrating coldness.
have chilled
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present perfectof chill.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Even if the call had been intimidating, the judge wrote in his ruling, he was not convinced that such a call “would have chilled a person of ordinary firmness from exercising their First Amendment rights.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2026
While Guce thinks the change might have chilled the number of vendors who apply to the ongoing market, she also said the ones who do participate generally perform well.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 11, 2023
Relations between Brazil and Argentina have chilled during Fernández’s presidency.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 1, 2022
An earlier request disclosing an accelerating DOJ criminal investigation could have chilled cooperation from multiple possible targets of that investigation, individuals whose testimony is now on the record.
From Slate ● May 19, 2022
A quality of deadliness—of inexorable deadliness which could well have chilled the stoutest heart that fronted it.
From Tarrano the Conqueror by Ray Cummings
