chilling

Example Sentences

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Anyone who has spent any time in the digital agora will know the chilling feeling of seeing some supposedly secret thing about yourself suddenly reflected in a targeted advertisement.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026

Gonzalez’s case isn’t over, but it has already sent a chilling message.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

There’s something covertly chilling about taking some relatively banal aspect of real life and pushing it to its most extreme lengths — and there’s also so much that could go wrong trying.

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026

Those chilling hours proved their worth this month, when high temperatures arrived far earlier than usual.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

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