frost-bound
Example Sentences
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We were in the midst of the cruel, bitter winter; the earth was frost-bound, hard and cold, even as now.
From The Diamond Fairy Book by Various
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
Surely she had wandered back into the cruel bitter winter, frost-bound and hard.
From The Diamond Fairy Book by Various
The sudden burst of vegetation—the rapid transition from the frost-bound durance of winter to the life and lightness of the young season, have a most exciting and exhilarating effect.
From The Daltons, Volume II (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life by Lever, Charles James
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
