spine-chilling

It is a joy to watch Shafer seamlessly work incisive commentary on contemporary life into a fast-paced spine-chiller.

Another crash, which nearly shut up his spine like a telescope, told him that there were no wings.

A cold, numbing sensation stole down my spine and made my legs grow suddenly weak.

A shudder ran down his spine; there was a sensation of inner cold against his heart; he trembled, but he could not look away.

He was flung down heavily, and pinned prone in a corner by one of those bullies who knelt on his spine.

He felt as if his spine had suddenly become hollow and someone had filled it with particles of ice.