give the cold shoulder to
Example Sentences
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And if we are to follow through with Mr. Schwartz’s proposition, are we to give the cold shoulder to drivers stranded in heavy snow?
From Washington Post ● Dec. 23, 2014
Of the HBO contenders, "Thrones" is our favorite, but Emmy voters typically give the cold shoulder to fantasy.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 15, 2011
Is he saying you should give the cold shoulder to a neighbor who has left his or her family for a new and improved spouse?
From Time Magazine Archive
Let me see the man who should give the cold shoulder to anybody I chose to protect and patronise, if I were at the top of the tree, Tom!'
From Martin Chuzzlewit by Charles Dickens
Sure, we’re only saying that he’s inclined to give the cold shoulder to those he looks upon as his inferiors in rank.
From The Rival Crusoes by William Henry Giles Kingston
