rose cold
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of rose cold
An Americanism dating back to 1870–75
Example Sentences
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This time while he was there, it was like sitting on a beach enjoying the sun while the tide rose cold around his ankles.
From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner
We rose cold and cramped at daylight, and without waiting to make ready any coffee, saddled our beasts and rode away.
From The Naturalist in Nicaragua by Belt, Thomas
It rose cold and white against the moon, at the end of a nettle-grown lane.
From Sir John Constantine Memoirs of His Adventures At Home and Abroad and Particularly in the Island of Corsica: Beginning with the Year 1756 by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir
Far away, whether of clouds or hills I could not yet tell, rose cold towers and pinnacles into the last darkness of night.
From Henry Brocken His Travels and Adventures in the Rich, Strange, Scarce-Imaginable Regions of Romance by De la Mare, Walter
The great marble pillars rose cold and magnificent in four stately rows, on all sides of the high-vaulted apartment.
From A Friend of Caesar A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C. by Davis, William Stearns
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