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

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

From The Diamond Fairy Book by Various

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.

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

Here lilies that no hand hath sown     Bloom white as foam upon the sea, And elfin bells to earth unknown,     Hold frost-bound melody.

From The Ballad of the Quest by Sheard, Virna