chilling

Example Sentences

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Horror is filled with trend-hopping and mimicry — the genre itself holds a mirror to our cultural anxieties, replicating them with chilling, hyperbolic intensity.

From Salon • Mar. 29, 2026

Later, a stranger gleefully approaches Kornev, convinced he knows him, and the effect is chilling — a glitch in the matrix in which human connection briefly flourishes.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

Starring Eddie Marsan and Éanna Hardwicke, the film tells the fictional story of two bank employees who find themselves caught in a chilling and high-stakes situation.

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026

A number of charts suggest the financial sector is suffering through a bearish technical breakdown, and that could send a chilling signal for the rest of the stock market.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 14, 2026

The rain was still falling, a thin drizzle that traveled horizontally in the wind, soaking through his supposedly waterproof clothing, mixing with his sweat and his dirt, chilling him to the bone.

From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz