frost-bound
Example Sentences
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Outside the diamond-spangled earth lay still and frost bound.
From In Orchard Glen by MacGregor, Mary Esther Miller
My sketch of the frost bound Montmorenci was never finished, and indeed my winter sketching fell through altogether after that unhappy visit to Bonneroy.
From Crowded Out! and Other Sketches by Harrison, S. Frances (Susie Frances)
On the next day, January 18, the march was continued through Bernaville to Domqueur, a distance of 11 miles, on frost bound roads.
From The Story of the 2/4th Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry by Rose, Geoffrey Keith
Then, when frost bound fast the sod and ploughing was done, she would ride with me toward a distant bluff, where I hewed stouter logs than grew near us for winter fuel.
From Lorimer of the Northwest by Dewey, Alfred James
