chilliness

Example Sentences

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Ms. Sheehy has a somewhat steely and slightly forbidding chilliness.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

She wields her 6-foot-3 height masterfully on the screen and the stage and uses her physique and regal chilliness to lord over Tom Sturridge's Dream in the scenes they share.

From Salon • Aug. 13, 2022

Whatever’s going on, you deserve to ask for a straight answer and to learn whether there’s an opportunity to resolve this sudden chilliness.

From Slate • Jul. 18, 2020

Colleagues were avoiding eye contact, giving off an air of chilliness in the elevator.

From New York Times • Nov. 18, 2019

The roar and chilliness of the dark water awakened my senses, and my heart constricted in my chest as I came up for air.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall