rose cold

Example Sentences

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This time while he was there, it was like sitting on a beach enjoying the sun while the tide rose cold around his ankles.

From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner

Across the valley, and apparently quite neighborly and close at hand, the giant form of the Jungfrau rose cold and white into the clear sky, beyond a gateway in the nearer highlands.

From A Tramp Abroad — Volume 05 by Twain, Mark

The great marble pillars rose cold and magnificent in four stately rows, on all sides of the high-vaulted apartment.

From A Friend of Caesar A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C. by Davis, William Stearns

We rose cold and cramped at daylight, and without waiting to make ready any coffee, saddled our beasts and rode away.

From The Naturalist in Nicaragua by Belt, Thomas

Nevil's voice rose, cold and commanding, questioning this as any other derelict haled before him.

From Sir Mortimer by Johnston, Mary