make one's blood run cold
Example Sentences
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Shocking indeed," said Mrs. Ward; "the very idea was enough to make one's blood run cold.
From Georgie's Present Tales of Newfoundland by Miss Brightwell
There are thirty-three pictures of Vander Werff, a number sufficient to make one's blood run cold.
From Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad with Tales and Miscellanies Now First Collected Vol. I (of 3) by Mrs. (Anna) Jameson
From just below rose such a squeaking and a scraping as would make one's blood run cold.
From Mary's Rainbow by Mary Edward Feehan
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 Amy Fay
This he wound 150 around his neck in the most reckless manner possible; it was quite enough to make one’s blood run cold to watch him.
From Hepsey Burke by Frank N. (Frank Noyes) Westcott
