frost-bound
Example Sentences
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Amid the serenity of the mountains, as he sent his gaze roaming over the frost-bound horizons, all within him became pure and crystal-clear, his soul a very prism.
From The Later Life by Couperus, Louis
Far over the broad, rolling prairies, as yet bare and frost-bound, the sun shone brightly.
From A Breath of Prairie and other stories by Marchand, J. N.
The little cavalcade sped swiftly on, for the frost-bound roads were pleasant travelling, and towards evening a dim mass appeared on the horizon, which presaged a fall of snow.
From The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan by Wingfield, Lewis
It pushes up until the frost-bound trunk denies it further passage and there waits the first brief respite in the air above.
From Old Plymouth Trails by Packard, Winthrop
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
