make one's blood run cold
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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'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 H. H. Riley
It seems to make one's blood run cold.
From The Master Builder by Edmund Gosse
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 Edward S. Hodgson
At the end of each stanza, the air was rent by a burst of war whoops that were calculated to make one's blood run cold.
From The Story of Paul Boyton Voyages on All the Great Rivers of the World by Paul Boyton
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