frost-bound

Example Sentences

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In January, 1754, he returned to Virginia, having in the depth of winter traversed the frost-bound backwoods, and risked his life in crossing the Alleghany river.

From A Historical Geography of the British Colonies Vol. V, Canada—Part I, Historical by Lucas, Charles Prestwood

Sometimes it is exported from Archangel, but this port is frost-bound for a great period of the year; moreover, most of the districts are nearer to the Baltic.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" by Various

Surely she had wandered back into the cruel bitter winter, frost-bound and hard.

From The Diamond Fairy Book by Various

The roads were frost-bound and the trees leafless.

From The Story of Francis Cludde by Weyman, Stanley John

But finally the crows rode up on the soft winds out of the South, and a benign sun broke the grip of these frost-bound hills, and gradually emptied their pockets of snow.

From The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky by MacDonald, Everett