Etymology
Origin of ice-cold
before 1000; Old English is-calde; unrecorded in Middle English
Example Sentences
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Asked about the post-fight exchange, Joshua's promoter Eddie Hearn told Fight Hub TV: "He said 'let's do it', AJ sort of stared at him ice cold, but he would fight him no problem."
From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026
What rankles most, say many Greenlanders, is that Trump treated their home–which he called “a piece of ice, cold and poorly located” —as a commodity.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 24, 2026
The ice cold Dodgers aren’t supposed to go frigid like this.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025
“The thoughts grew heavier by the second, and suddenly, everything felt ice cold and crushing. Now I knew there was absolutely no joy left in it for me.”
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 18, 2025
Just beneath the crust lay a twenty-foot stratum of the same quicksand Chicago builders always confronted, only now it was ice cold and a torment to workers.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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