frostbite

"I spoke to the doctors -- he has some frostbite, but otherwise seems okay," Pemba Sherpa added.

From Barron's ● Jun. 4, 2026

"Or do I help my fellow climber, who's got no oxygen, frostbite in his fingers, and obviously you're never far off hypothermia up there?"

From Barron's ● Jun. 4, 2026

There were constant hazards to be wary of, from polar bears to frostbite and cold-weather dehydration.

From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2026

It’s New Year’s Eve glitter, minus the frostbite.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026

She knew about frostbite: the Boar Clan Leader’s son, Aki, had lost three toes to it last winter.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

"We are managing his frostbites, cold injuries, hydration and trauma. He is being further evaluated and will be in our ICU."

From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026

Second-and third-degree frostbites are treated like burns; sometimes victims are hospitalized.

From Time Magazine Archive

The living wildlings Jon sent off to have their wounds and frostbites tended.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

We slept hour after hour, ate a little, tended our frostbites, inflammations, and bruises, mindspoke, slept again.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin

They were out for a good time, and they had too much grit and courage to let such trifles as a few frostbites disturb their happiness.

From Algonquin Indian Tales by Young, Egerton Ryerson

In other words, “North Country” seems to be a waxing philosophical in the “True Detective” tradition, but the end-of-the-earth environs inspire thoughts that are tied more to Indigenous myths and frostbit hallucinations.

From New York Times ● Jan. 21, 2024

“The Cro-Magnon” look, he calls it — wide forehead, frostbit eyes, a chin so square it must make mathematicians swoon.

From New York Times ● Jun. 14, 2018

His frostbit ears are still sensitive today, 50 years later.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 25, 2017

“I didn’t bite you once! You can keep your underdrawers. Gawdalmighty, them pants is wet, ain’t they? You ain’t frostbit, are you?”

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam

Next morning the ends of my toes were so frostbit by the extreme cold of the country, that I could no longer go barefooted.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 01 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Kerr, Robert

To the roaring fire set, frostbiting would seem a study in self-torture.

From Time Magazine Archive

It appears that frostbiting has not changed much in 340 years.

From Time Magazine Archive

"There are lots of fancy ideas about the motivation for starting frostbiting," says Knapp.

From Time Magazine Archive

We started facing a very keen, frostbiting wind.

From Scott's Last Expedition Volume I by Scott, Robert Falcon

The teenager is wet, frostbitten and poorly dressed.

From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026

Here on these frostbitten plains, the adults are tired and the children are stoic little beings who crunch around in the snow with the same hassles as everyone else.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2025

One particular tale from “Chinese Menu” tells of how dumplings once apparently cured a village’s frostbitten ears.

From Salon ● Feb. 8, 2024

Inside, Mr. Coyner’s shoes were soaking wet, his feet so frostbitten he was hobbling with pain when he tried to stand up.

From New York Times ● Apr. 28, 2023

He was up to his old pranks, sending a group of frostbitten horsemen on a wild-goose chase all over Boston in search of nonexistent “bull’s wool” socks.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand