chilling
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of chilling
Example Sentences
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When I asked him how he approaches the stewardship of two houses synonymous with their founders’ creative visions, he offered a personally chilling analogy.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
This had a chilling effect on tech-loving individual investors.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026
But it’s also likely to have a chilling effect on one of its hyperscaler peers, according to Jason Helfstein, head of internet research at Oppenheimer.
From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026
There’s a chilling promise in the preface of “This Dark Night,” Deborah Lutz’s account of the life of a celebrated early-19th-century English poet and novelist.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
Instead, he lowered his head and fixed me with his chilling gaze.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
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