frost-bound

Example Sentences

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Cold, but stimulating and pleasant was the clear, dry air; and our frost-bound world sparkled in the wintry sun.

From Willing to Die by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan

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

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

The roads were frost-bound and the trees leafless.

From The Story of Francis Cludde by Weyman, Stanley John

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