cold

Example Sentences

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At the California City facility, detainees said they got so cold that they cut the ends off socks to make improvised sleeves and covered the air vents in their cells with sheets of paper.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026

Other food orders, at times, would sit in windows too long and get cold, so staff would have to throw them away and remake them, while still cooking more shrimp.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

However, Ryan Hass, an expert on China and Taiwan at the Washington-based Brookings Institution, threw cold water on the proposition.

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

"They give a voice, a personality, a face even, to a company that is cold and impersonal to many people," says Anthony Patterson, professor of marketing at Lancaster University Management School.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

The cold from the metal bar seeps through the tape wrapped around it.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith