frost-bound

Example Sentences

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But there are times when the devastating cold of the Polar regions descends upon the lonely ranges, as it had done upon the frost-bound cañon.

From The Greater Power by Dunton, W. Herbert

Gone," said the fern, "from your frost-bound touch; Gone from your winter's heart.

From Provocations by Bristowe, Sibyl

Occasionally the postmen have to encounter the difficulties arising from a frost-bound letter box.

From The Bristol Royal Mail Post, Telegraph, and Telephone by Tombs, Robert Charles

He saw rich nectar-thawes, release the rigour Of th' icy North; from frost-bound Atlas hands, His adamantine fetters fall: green vigour Gladding the Scythian rocks and Libian sands.

From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume I (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard

Fortunately, the wind veered to the north in the course of the evening; the weather became intensely cold, and in two hours the roads were once more hard and frost-bound.

From The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools by Irving, Washington