chilling

Example Sentences

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She called the network’s decision to allow her contract to expire “a deliberate choice to penalize a journalist for refusing to sanitize factually accurate reporting” that “sends a chilling message to the entire newsroom.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

But to resist chilling effects and their dangers over the long term, this would have to be the norm, not the exception.

From Salon • May 28, 2026

However, tropical fruits such as mangoes are sensitive to chilling injury when temperatures become too low.

From Science Daily • May 23, 2026

"Having to relive it numerous times over the last 10 years, it's very chilling - but getting this point where there's justice being served, it's a good feeling."

From BBC • May 6, 2026

I tried to imagine how it’d even be like, chilling inside such a big place, right on the beach, but I couldn’t really picture it.

From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña