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make one's blood run cold





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The thought was enough to make one’s blood run cold.

From Within the Tides by Conrad, Joseph

It's 'nough to make one's blood run cold to see the highty-tighty airs that woman puts on.

From The Puddleford Papers, Or Humors of the West by Riley, H. H.

From just below rose such a squeaking and a scraping as would make one's blood run cold.

From Mary's Rainbow by Feehan, Mary Edward

I had a long talk to-day with a trustworthy man from there, and his story was enough to make one's blood run cold.

From A Journal From Our Legation in Belgium by Gibson, Hugh

It is enough to make one's blood run cold to think of it.

From Music-Study in Germany from the Home Correspondence of Amy Fay by Fay, Amy