arctic frost

With grandma’s nest egg and mom and dad’s retirement tied up in a young couple’s first home, even a slight chill in property valuations causes an arctic frost on consumer sentiment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

It has been my steadfast object ever since I became an outcast; I've schemed and cheated to gain it, besides risking my life often in desolate muskegs and the arctic frost.

From The Intriguers by Harold Bindloss

Nevertheless, his duty was plain; he had been trained to disregard fatigue and most physical weaknesses, and he went out resignedly into the arctic frost.

From Prescott of Saskatchewan by W. Herbert Dunton

That sod had been bleached by wind-packed snow and bound into iron hardness by months of arctic frost.

From The Mistress of Bonaventure by Harold Bindloss

The work never slackens, except in winter, when you sit shivering beside the stove, if you’re not hauling in building logs or cordwood through the arctic frost.

From Prescott of Saskatchewan by W. Herbert Dunton