make one's blood run cold

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1. Also, freeze one's blood. Cause one to shiver from fright or horror, as in The radiator's clanking at night made George's blood run cold, or Movies about vampires always freeze my blood. [Early 1800s] Also see make one's flesh creep.

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make one's blood run cold

It seems to make one's blood run cold.

From The Master Builder by Gosse, Edmund

At the end of each stanza, the air was rent by a burst of war whoops that were calculated to make one's blood run cold.

From The Story of Paul Boyton Voyages on All the Great Rivers of the World by Boyton, Paul

It is enough to make one's blood run cold to think of it.

From Music-Study in Germany from the Home Correspondence of Amy Fay by Fay, Amy

It's 'nough to make one's blood run cold to see the highty-tighty airs that woman puts on.

From The Puddleford Papers, Or Humors of the West by Riley, H. H.

Shocking indeed," said Mrs. Ward; "the very idea was enough to make one's blood run cold.

From Georgie's Present Tales of Newfoundland by Brightwell, Miss