Adjective : a chill wind. ,chill prospects. ,a chill reception. From Dictionary.com.
Verb (used without object) : The earth chills when the sun sets. From Dictionary.com.
Verb (used with object) : The rain has chilled me to the bone. ,Chill the wine before serving. ,The news chilled his hopes. From Dictionary.com.
A chillness, a density in the air that had not been there before. From Wordnik.com. [Sepulchre]
Strange feelings on the boding heart with sudden chillness seize. From Wordnik.com. [The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, January 1844 Volume 23, Number 1] Reference
As Lorenzo advanced, He felt a piercing chillness spread itself through his veins. From Wordnik.com. [The Monk] Reference
The chillness of the night was in my favour, since it kept the other Nuns confined to their Cells. From Wordnik.com. [The Monk] Reference
It emitted no heat: On the contrary, the extreme chillness of the place seemed to augment with every moment. From Wordnik.com. [The Monk] Reference
As I listened to the mournful hollow sound, and heard it die away in the wind, I felt a sudden chillness spread itself over my body. From Wordnik.com. [The Monk] Reference
While we journey'd on Toward the middle, at whose point unites All heavy substance, and I trembling went Through that eternal chillness. From Wordnik.com. [Terra Incognita]
The short autumn day was drawing to a close, and the chillness of the damp, musty atmosphere was beginning to affect the girls unpleasantly. From Wordnik.com. [The Girl Scouts' Good Turn] Reference
Then came a chillness, a faint clutching over the heart. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Essays of John Galsworthy] Reference
And the hillside was shivering in the chillness of dawn. From Wordnik.com. [Bob, Son of Battle] Reference
It brought a breath of summer into the grey chillness of a. From Wordnik.com. [Without Prejudice] Reference
Rigor, a sense of chillness, with contraction of the skin. From Wordnik.com. [The Cherokee Physician, or Indian Guide to Health, as Given by Richard Foreman, a Cherokee Doctor; Comprising a Brief View of Anatomy, With General Rules for Preserving Health without the Use of Medicines. The Diseases of the U. States, with Their Symptoms, Causes, and Means of Prevention, are Treated on in a Satisfactory Manner. It Also Contains a Description of a Variety of Herbs and Roots, Many of which are not Explained in Any Other Book, and their Medical Virtues have Hitherto been Unknown to the Whites; To which is Added a Short Dispensatory.] Reference
Till my hands are full of the chillness and touch of leaves. From Wordnik.com. [Amores Poems] Reference
The stillness and chillness made him feel overwhelmingly alone. From Wordnik.com. [Far to Seek A Romance of England and India] Reference
That was an expected level of chillness of what was said on TV in Colombia. From Wordnik.com. [Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz] Reference
The wind blew strong too, and seemed to carry the chillness through all manner of wrappers. From Wordnik.com. [The Wide, Wide World] Reference
The wind blew strong, too, and seemed to carry the chillness through all manner of wrappers. From Wordnik.com. [The Wide, Wide World] Reference
Suddenly she heard a sigh, and a rustling at her ear; and she felt an icy chillness breathing on her. From Wordnik.com. [Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 (of 2)] Reference
Then came a breath of deadly chillness, and then a horror of great darkness -- a darkness that could be felt. From Wordnik.com. [A Dream of the North Sea] Reference
"Death, death, death!" in a most inimitable tone, which struck me with horror and chillness in the very blood. '. From Wordnik.com. [Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.)] Reference
The stillness of the spot allayed the irritation of his frame, and the dewy chillness cooled the fever of his brow. From Wordnik.com. [Rookwood] Reference
Twilight was creeping fast into the little back room; the fire was getting low, and Elsie shivered in the chillness. From Wordnik.com. [A Vanished Hand] Reference
The idea grew upon me until at times I could almost detect its outline in the air, feel a chillness as it passed me. From Wordnik.com. [Paul Kelver, a Novel] Reference
She was old -- but hers was the sublimity of age without its infirmity, the hoariness of winter without its chillness. From Wordnik.com. [Helen and Arthur or, Miss Thusa's Spinning Wheel] Reference
She received them with stiff, upright chillness; and to their hope that Mary was not unwell, replied -- 'Not very well. From Wordnik.com. [Dynevor Terrace: or, the clue of life — Volume 2] Reference
A new fear seized his heart, a numbing chillness crept through his body, and he struggled to free himself, but in vain. From Wordnik.com. [Legends and Tales] Reference
Ellen's remark concerning the chillness of the breeze, was almost sultry; and the windows of the apartment were thrown open. From Wordnik.com. [Fanshawe] Reference
They gazed in mute wonder upon the view; but the fast fading light, and the dewy chillness of the air, warned them to return. From Wordnik.com. [A Sicilian Romance] Reference
She rose and clasped a shawl over her night-dress to ward off chillness, and sitting to the table again, could not produce a word. From Wordnik.com. [Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith] Reference
A chillness, resulting partly from dread and partly from the wild storm raging without, caused him to heap up the hearth with wood. From Wordnik.com. [Opening a Chestnut Burr] Reference
Strong pillars supported the metallic framework, and an icy chillness blew from above, moistening the sand in which one's feet sank. From Wordnik.com. [His Masterpiece] Reference
All! one feels a chillness, not bodily, but about the heart, and, moreover, a foolish dread of looking behind him, after these pastimes. From Wordnik.com. [The Village Uncle (From "Twice Told Tales")] Reference
Shadow, chillness, and silence had taken the place of the soft glory of the light, the warm breath of the breeze, and the child's singing. From Wordnik.com. [The Country Doctor] Reference
'No, no! Oh, not ill!' replied Rose: shuddering as though some deadly chillness were passing over her, while she spoke; 'I shall be better presently. From Wordnik.com. [Oliver Twist] Reference
He first felt a chillness in his hand, and he was surprised to find himself passing and repassing Lady Burghersh's house without knowing which it was. From Wordnik.com. [The Greville Memoirs (Second Part) A Journal of the Reign of Queen Victoria from 1837 to 1852 (Volume 1 of 3)] Reference
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