cold creeps
Example Sentences
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Minute by minute the deathly cold creeps nearer and nearer to the lost men.
From The Frozen Deep by Collins, Wilkie
"But just think how the cold creeps will chase up and down the spinal column of that miserable sneak of a hobo when he glimpses this article," chuckled Thad.
From The Chums of Scranton High out for the Pennant by Ferguson, Donald
Sylvia," he said, "I want you to live, and you cannot live if this cold creeps into your body again.
From The Candidate A Political Romance by Altsheler, Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander)
Minute by minute, the deathly cold creeps nearer to the sleeping man.
From The Frozen Deep by Collins, Wilkie
I thought of the tiny black-and-silver spider crawling across the remembered silver frame, and for some reason it gave me the cold creeps.
From No Great Magic by Leiber, Fritz