make one's blood run cold
Example Sentences
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Up they went towards the Æmilian villa with clamour and threats enough to make one’s blood run cold, and they must be far on their way to Bordigala Gergovia by this time.”
From More Bywords by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
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.
Why, man, those cries make one’s blood run cold to listen to them!
From A Middy in Command A Tale of the Slave Squadron by Hodgson, Edward S.
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 Brightwell, Miss
