chilling
Collocations
3VERB + CHILLING
lace, stopped
CHILLING + NOUN
ankles, apartment, backyard, bunch, bus, cafeteria, emotion, story
PREP.
about, in, out, with, with
Definitions
adj
Becoming cold.
As they reached the street the ‘Duchess’ caught a swirling hem of lace about her chilling ankles.
Causing cold.
Causing mild fear.
It was a chilling story, but the children enjoyed it.
22 March 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Gameshttp://www.avclub.com/articles/the-hunger-games,71293/ Displaying a sturdy professionalism throughout that stops just short of artistry, director Gary Ross, who co-scripted with Collins and Billy Ray, does his strongest work in the early scenes, which set up the stakes with chilling efficiency.
noun
The act by which something is chilled.
To such perceivings we give names like these: seeings, hearings, smellings, chillings and burnings, pleasures and pains, desires […]
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Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6As they reached the street the ‘Duchess’ caught a swirling hem of lace about her chilling ankles.
WiktionaryIt was a chilling story, but the children enjoyed it.
Wiktionary22 March 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Gameshttp://www.avclub.com/articles/the-hunger-games,71293/ Displaying a sturdy professionalism throughout that stops just short of artistry, director G
WiktionaryTo such perceivings we give names like these: seeings, hearings, smellings, chillings and burnings, pleasures and pains, desires […]
WiktionaryWe're just chilling.
Tatoeba · #1876101The implications are chilling.
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