cold creeps

Example Sentences

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The very name of Exeter gave the members of presbytery the cold creeps.

From Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1902 to 1903 by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)

For the night-time, when the cold creeps down from the high peaks, you should provide yourself with a suit of very heavy underwear and an extra sweater or a buckskin shirt.

From The Mountains by White, Stewart Edward

When the tubes conk out, the fuel runs down, The cold creeps in to where I lie.

From The Man Who Staked the Stars by Dye, Charles

That Pet gave me the cold creeps when he came so near ruining my films.

From The Outdoor Chums The First Tour of the Rod, Gun and Camera Club by Allen, Quincy

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)