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
Lavretsky drew himself up, and rose cold and pale with ecstasy.
From A House of Gentlefolk by Constance Garnett
Across the valley, and apparently quite neighborly and close at hand, the giant form of the Jungfrau rose cold and white into the clear sky, beyond a gateway in the nearer highlands.
From A Tramp Abroad — Volume 05 by Mark Twain
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 Walter De la Mare
It sank in sobs of melting compassion; it implored pity and sympathy in words of thrilling entreaty; and then it rose, cold and calm, in sounds of withering derision and implacable hate.
From Trifles for the Christmas Holidays by H. S. Armstrong
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