frost-bound

Example Sentences

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Then, when all was ready, the men took their poles and Nick broke out the frost-bound runners of the sled.

From In the Brooding Wild by Cullum, Ridgwell

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

The breached ramparts offered but a feeble defence; the frost-bound earth made it impossible to protect the city by an intrenched camp; and the commissariat department could not sustain a long investment.

From Old Quebec The Fortress of New France by Bryan, Claude Glennon

The roads were frost-bound and the trees leafless.

From The Story of Francis Cludde by Weyman, Stanley John

Her green eyes shine through the frost-bound floes, and light the depths of the Northern seas.”

From The Fairies and the Christmas Child by Gask, Lilian