: gravely disturbing or frightening
a chilling case of abuse
Examples of chilling in a Sentence
a Southern visitor who was unused to the chilling air of a Northeast winter
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Now, with new chilling technologies, the promise of perfusion and organ preservation is to push that window from seven to 12 hours to days.
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Deborah Balthazar, STAT, 22 July 2024
The chilling new new details came during the Sunday night arraignment of Shahboz Rajabboev, 24 — who faces murder charges for allegedly stabbing his mother to death and strangling his sister-in-law, 5-year-old niece and 4-year-old nephew in the family’s Bensonhurst apartment.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 22 July 2024
The film marks Monroe's sixth leading role in a chilling genre flick.
—Rendy Jones, EW.com, 19 July 2024
That latest film goes to far more supernatural lengths to spin its chilling yarn about FBI agent Lee Harker (Maika Monroe) and her childhood link to Longlegs.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 19 July 2024
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Deborah Balthazar, STAT, 22 July 2024
The chilling new new details came during the Sunday night arraignment of Shahboz Rajabboev, 24 — who faces murder charges for allegedly stabbing his mother to death and strangling his sister-in-law, 5-year-old niece and 4-year-old nephew in the family’s Bensonhurst apartment.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 22 July 2024
The film marks Monroe's sixth leading role in a chilling genre flick.
—Rendy Jones, EW.com, 19 July 2024
That latest film goes to far more supernatural lengths to spin its chilling yarn about FBI agent Lee Harker (Maika Monroe) and her childhood link to Longlegs.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 19 July 2024
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“Chilling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chilling. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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chilling
adjective
chill·ing
ˈchil-iŋ 
: very disturbing or frightening
a chilling case of abuse
chillingly
adverb
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