chill
noun
coldness, especially a moderate but uncomfortably penetrating coldness.
was chilling
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past progressiveof chill.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Having it look exactly like things that then happened on the news, that was chilling.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026
“It’s so random. Last year I was chilling watching Netflix and I saw the Robbie Williams documentary,” Bizzle says.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2024
International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach spoke in Beijing of “a tremendous coldness, it was chilling to see this.”
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 25, 2023
What the Nazis did say about them, however, was chilling.
From Salon ● Jun. 7, 2023
I was chilling under the bleachers, writing in my journal, when out of nowhere this thought came in my head.
From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña
