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spine-chilling

[spahyn-chil-ing] / ˈspaɪnˌtʃɪl ɪŋ /






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The unlikely meshing of gospel and rap, spine-chilling lyrics and clever sampling of Stevie Wonder’s “Pastime Paradise” would eventually turn the single into a chart-topping hit and catapult the rapper’s decades-long musical career.

From Washington Post • Sep. 29, 2022

It is the most hauntingly and psychologically complex ghost story I’ve ever seen, presented with an ambiguous gentility that is literally spine-chilling.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 29, 2021

Ledgerwood says Bell’s voice “could go so quickly from a sultry coo to an absolutely spine-chilling shriek.”

From Seattle Times • Jul. 8, 2021

Extremely early-2010s-y show Game of Thrones is compared to: Deadwood What the review got right: “The series contains the kind of gorgeous vistas and spine-chilling moments you’d expect from a fantasy epic.”

From Slate • Apr. 12, 2019

And I began to hear his hoarse roaring, that aaonh cry as rich as gold or honey and as spine-chilling as the depths of an unsafe mine or a thou­sand angry bees.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel