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

It rose cold and white against the moon, at the end of a nettle-grown lane.

From Sir John Constantine Memoirs of His Adventures At Home and Abroad and Particularly in the Island of Corsica: Beginning with the Year 1756 by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

But the clerk of the weather was not going to have anything so incongruous as all that, and the 29th rose cold and grey—one of those summer days which are a premonition of autumn.

From The Privet Hedge by Buckrose, J. E.

This is often called "spring catarrh" or "rose cold" and seems often to be associated with the pollen of flowers.

From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)

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