adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a grim/sobering/chilling reminder (= making you feel serious and worried or frightened )
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They passed the armed guard, a grim reminder of the ever-present threat of terrorism.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a chilling reminder of the war
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The captain's message ended with the chilling words: ""Mission completed. All prisoners disposed of.''
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The case is a chilling reminder of how ordinary, seemingly respectable citizens still have racist and deeply intolerant views.
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The lawyer gave a chilling demonstration of how the accused used a towel to suffocate his victim.
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Today's arrests should send a chilling message to anyone involved in insurance fraud.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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For once there was not that exhilarating, sometimes chilling clarity.
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Gradually Jack realized he could never penetrate the chilling force-field that lay between him and the two men.
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His description of how he watched helplessly as one of the deadly missiles thundered towards him makes chilling reading.
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Outside the door she paused, breathing the chill and chilling air.
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She would even have preferred more of his contemptuous accusations to this present chilling remoteness.
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The chilling thought struck Sabine to the bone.
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These fossil-like impressions of flesh-forms convey a chilling vulnerability not shared but enhanced by the metal material which they now permanently impress.