ice maiden
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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He called her the "ice maiden" who operates mostly "in the back", but she is known as one of the most feared political operatives in the US.
From BBC • Sep. 18, 2025
“One minute journalists are accusing me of being an ice maiden or a robot, then they claim I’m a weeping woman in dire need of a good night’s sleep,” she told the newspaper.
From The Guardian • Oct. 8, 2017
Yet the soprano Nina Stemme — who sang the role on Monday, the fourth Turandot in the Met’s lineup this season — managed to render the grisly ice maiden surprisingly vulnerable.
From New York Times • Jan. 14, 2016
An isolate ice maiden in the movie mold of Greta Garbo, Elsa just vants to be alone.
From Time • Nov. 23, 2013
She glittered from head to foot like an ice maiden under a blazing sun.
From The Lion's Mouse by Williamson, A. M. (Alice Muriel)
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