How to Use bone-chilling in a Sentence

bone-chilling

adjective
  • The four words echoed, bone-chilling in their sentence order.
    — Tj MacIas, Kansas City Star, 18 Mar. 2025
  • And Tyler Bates’ bone-chilling score helps ratchet up the suspense.
    — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 June 2024
  • Other rooms offer comfort paired with modernism and bone-chilling views.
    — Tj MacIas, Sacbee.com, 5 Aug. 2025
  • Once a player finds a few pieces of warm clothing, even the most bone-chilling wind could be shrugged off without a second thought.
    — Issy Van Der Velde, Rolling Stone, 20 Feb. 2025
  • There are still moments that make your hair stand on end, like that bone-chilling conclusion, but the film never loses its charm.
    — Allaire Nuss, EW.com, 8 Mar. 2024
  • The weekend is back to bone-chilling readings before our big January thaw sets in next week.
    — David Streit, Washington Post, 18 Jan. 2024
  • But when that didn’t work, the calf let out more bone-chilling distress calls to the nearby cow, who approached Beronio ready to charge.
    — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 19 Oct. 2023
  • One woman who testified in the inquiry recalled the bone-chilling screams of people trapped behind a steel door.
    — Lynsey Chutel, New York Times, 6 May 2024
  • However, just one season might not be quite enough for the troves of bone-chilling horror stories the producer duo has in mind.
    — Jenna Wang, Peoplemag, 27 Oct. 2023
  • But her vitals are strong and there’s startling force in her unpredictable convulsions and bone-chilling noises.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 16 Apr. 2026
  • And in his view, this creates a perfect, bone-chilling opportunity for Putin.
    — Tamar Jacoby, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
  • At every turn Aja keeps us on the edge of our seats with an exceptional skill to create bone-chilling scares out of almost nothing.
    — Pete Hammond, Deadline, 16 Sep. 2024
  • The best long puffer jackets When bone-chilling cold weather hits, few high-performance wardrobe items are as essential as a long puffer coat.
    — Alison Syrett Cleary, Glamour, 14 Oct. 2025
  • But bone-chilling temperatures are expected to reach as far as the South and the mid-Atlantic.
    — Giulia Carbonaro, Newsweek, 18 Jan. 2025
  • This latest surge of cold air isn’t quite as bone-chilling as last weekend’s, which brought freezing rain and prolonged power outages to parts of Texas.
    — Newsroom Meteorologist, Houston Chronicle, 30 Jan. 2026
  • The bone-chilling temperatures are expected to linger most of the week, with wind chills dropping below zero each morning.
    — Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Daytime temperatures are also not expected to be as bone-chilling.
    — Newsroom Meteorologist, Houston Chronicle, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Some weather forecast models are hinting at the potential return of widespread, bone-chilling cold later in the month.
    — Mary Gilbert, CNN, 4 Feb. 2025
  • Learning that this movie exists is a surprise; to find out it was released as recently as 2017 is bone-chilling.
    — Eddie Mouradian, Vulture, 24 Feb. 2025
  • Variety has been given exclusive access to the film’s bone-chilling trailer (see below).
    — Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 26 Oct. 2023
  • Alternatively, this mock-neck top from Treasure & Bond will blanket you in warmth on bone-chilling days.
    — Alyssa Grabinski, PEOPLE, 22 Sep. 2025
  • But what’s not always so welcome is the once-brisk fall air that’s suddenly bone-chilling cold in some climates, where keeping warm feels like a far-away fantasy.
    — Kelsey Fredricks, People.com, 17 Dec. 2024
  • But that angry agent has bone-chilling words of warning about what the industry is facing if people don’t get back to normal relatively soon.
    — Kim Masters, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 July 2023
  • The costume is bone-chilling, from her Krampus-like fur, to the tail that creepily moves on its own, to the Kabuki-ghost makeup.
    — Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Taylor says her mission is to keep those unhoused safe, especially with these bone-chilling temperatures.
    — Alysia Burgio, CBS News, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Only then did Teddi get a chance to tell officers that her 15-year-old daughter had slipped out, drunk, into the bone-chilling dark.
    — Dateline Nbc, NBC News, 1 June 2023
  • This isn’t the first time scientists have grown produce in Antarctica, despite the continent’s bone-chilling temps.
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 7 Aug. 2023
  • As the trailer picks up, in a flash and with a bone-chilling shriek, our driver accelerates into the undead woman, then veering into a nearby tree.
    — Holly Jones, Variety, 6 Sep. 2023
  • The midnight revolver, meanwhile, is the perfect way to warm up during a bone-chilling winter’s night with its bourbon, allspice, and cinnamon bark smoke.
    — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 9 Sep. 2024
  • The exterior is crafted from water-resistant suede, while a thick interior faux fur lining keeps your toes toasty on bone-chilling days.
    — Maggie Horton, PEOPLE, 31 Oct. 2025

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