the cold
noun
: cold weather
The cold really sets in around late November and doesn't let up until April.
I stood there shivering in the cold.
Come in out of the cold.
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Less enjoyable was standing for hours in the cold and eating abnormally fast.
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Sarah Diamond Christopher Lee, New York Times, 27 May 2024
The weather service said the cold front will extend along a line from Kirksville down to Sedalia by afternoon.
—Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 24 May 2024
In the cold seas cradled by the region’s labyrinthine fjords, Ólafur reportedly came across an animal that would have dwarfed his open wooden boat—a blue whale, the largest animal on record, known in the Icelandic language as steypireydur.
—Andrew Chapman, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 May 2024
Pour 70 percent of the cold water (reserving about 6 tablespoons or 88 grams) into the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the dough hook attachment.
—Kate Bradshaw, The Mercury News, 28 May 2024
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Sarah Diamond Christopher Lee, New York Times, 27 May 2024
The weather service said the cold front will extend along a line from Kirksville down to Sedalia by afternoon.
—Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 24 May 2024
In the cold seas cradled by the region’s labyrinthine fjords, Ólafur reportedly came across an animal that would have dwarfed his open wooden boat—a blue whale, the largest animal on record, known in the Icelandic language as steypireydur.
—Andrew Chapman, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 May 2024
Pour 70 percent of the cold water (reserving about 6 tablespoons or 88 grams) into the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the dough hook attachment.
—Kate Bradshaw, The Mercury News, 28 May 2024
See all Example Sentences for the cold
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“The cold.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20cold. Accessed 18 Jun. 2024.
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