frigidity

Example Sentences

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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

The same phenomenon may be causing abnormal spells of extreme heat and blasts of polar frigidity, because the jet stream winds that normally break up weather patterns and drive storm systems are weaker.

From Washington Post • Sep. 29, 2022

His depiction of Ian's cruel frigidity is a match by Foy's sharpness, as she trades the distant stateliness she brought to "The Crown" for fumes of aristocratic entitlement.

From Salon • Apr. 23, 2022

Webb’s sunshield is crucial to achieving that frigidity.

From Scientific American • Jan. 10, 2022

A pair of Dutch tourists stopped for me, complaining about the frigidity of American beer, and sometimes I got rides from couples who were fighting and tired of each other.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides