frost-bound

Example Sentences

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To be sure, Margaret argued, Canada was a very wild and frost-bound country, scarcely the place one would choose to travel over in search of further refinement.

From 'Lizbeth of the Dale by MacGregor, Mary Esther Miller

There was a quick movement all through the court like a ripple upon still water, and then, absolute silence--the silence of a night frost-bound and empty.

From Lawrence Clavering by Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley)

Amsterdam, and crossing the ice with his cavalry took the Dutch fleet, as it lay frost-bound at the Texel.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" by Various

We shall skim over these frost-bound roads; only we’ll get jolly red noses.

From The Red Derelict by Mitford, Bertram

Cold, but stimulating and pleasant was the clear, dry air; and our frost-bound world sparkled in the wintry sun.

From Willing to Die by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan