frigidity

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A lighthearted experience this is not; Ms. Schilinski recreates the harsh frigidity of exacting European filmmakers such as Michael Haneke and Ingmar Bergman without evincing the slightest interest in redemption or silver linings.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 15, 2026

With searing yet quiet familiarity, Victor derides the way trauma is handled with callous frigidity.

From Salon • Jul. 28, 2025

Webb’s sunshield is crucial to achieving that frigidity.

From Scientific American • Jan. 10, 2022

The movement shakes off into the frigidity of space the vast internal heat that the planet has stored since its violent formation.

From New York Times • Dec. 18, 2018

And then I realize: I have waited outside in the cold gray-lit car-exhausted frigidity and caused the possible broken bones in Gary's hand to hear a band that is, manifestly, not Neutral Milk Hotel.

From "Will Grayson, Will Grayson" by John Green and David Levithan