How to Use the cold in a Sentence

the cold

noun
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  • The pair walked arm-in-arm and were bundled up for the cold.
    — Nasha Smith, Peoplemag, 14 Feb. 2024
  • By the end, her face and fingers were numb from the cold.
    — Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 2023
  • Want to try the cold plunge trend but don’t know where or how to start?
    — Danielle Sinay, Glamour, 22 Dec. 2023
  • Football is meant to be played in the fall and the cold weather.
    — Dallas News, 18 Feb. 2023
  • Those crazy kids camped out in tents for student seats in the cold and the rain.
    — Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al, 12 Feb. 2023
  • The plumber found his flooding was caused by a pipe that burst from the cold.
    — Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Or just tossed over a pair of sweats because who wants to go out in the cold?
    — Poppy Morgan, Rolling Stone, 16 Nov. 2023
  • In the photos and video, the pair are dressed in jackets for the cold and making out by a van.
    — Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 26 Mar. 2023
  • Now, a scarf can just be practical, an agent against the cold.
    — Erika Veurink, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2023
  • In the footage, the woman can be heard telling Zuberi not to take their child out into the cold.
    — Mirna Alsharif, NBC News, 7 Aug. 2023
  • The best part: none of these options require being left out in the cold.
    — Todd Plummer, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Dec. 2023
  • Crosby, who has a dozen game-winners to his name, has kicked in the heat, the cold, the rain, snow, on turf and on grass.
    — Christopher Kuhagen, Journal Sentinel, 10 Aug. 2023
  • And to be sure, gasoline engines also can lose around 15% of their range in the cold.
    — Tom Krisher and Mark Thiessen, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Mar. 2023
  • This cashmere knit shows just the right amount of skin that won’t leave you shivering in the cold.
    — Harper's BAZAAR, 18 Feb. 2023
  • While the snowstorm is over, the cold is moving eastward, from Denver all the way to New York City.
    — Max Golembo, ABC News, 30 Oct. 2023
  • In some cases, this may be among the stems near the soil line that were more insulated from the cold.
    — Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 25 Mar. 2023
  • And the cold temperatures meant closed windows, so all that dust was trapped in the house.
    — Brad Moon, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Most likely, the cold has heavily damaged your sea grape and may be dead to the ground.
    — Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 25 Mar. 2023
  • Plus, the cold weather is no match for the acrylic, wool, and polyamide materials.
    — Wendy Vazquez, Southern Living, 22 Dec. 2023
  • The set was quite difficult because of the cold weather.
    — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 19 Feb. 2023
  • The floor was slippery with water and blood, the fish bones cut into her hands, and the cold made her fingers and toes go numb.
    — Katie Johnston, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Mar. 2023
  • Her favorite drawing shows a child curling up in the cold and staring at a hot mug.
    — Rick Noack, Washington Post, 7 July 2023
  • Visitors flock to McCall to brave the cold while luring fish to their lines.
    — Jennifer Prince, Travel + Leisure, 8 Jan. 2024
  • Step Four: Poke out an air vent overhead and dig a well at the entrance for the cold air to settle into.
    — Keith McCafferty, Field & Stream, 29 June 2023
  • Once hardened by the cold snow, the chewy syrup is wrapped around a wooden popsicle stick.
    — Bon Appétit Contributor, Bon Appétit, 7 Mar. 2024
  • That was the most challenging aspect of this entire process: being out in the weather, in the cold, the body, the digging.
    — Mary Colurso | McOlurso@al.com, al, 20 Feb. 2023
  • Saudi Arabia is leading the push among the Arab League members to bring Syria’s regime in from the cold.
    — Benjamin Weinthal, Fox News, 25 Apr. 2023
  • This year the cold, rainy, windy spring delayed their arrival here well into April.
    — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 July 2023
  • Outside, hundreds more stood in the cold, candles in hand, watching a livestream.
    — Amelia Nierenberg, New York Times, 29 Oct. 2023
  • The winter months can be hard to get dressed while acclimating to the cold weather.
    — Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 6 Dec. 2023

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