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Recent Examples of cold feet
So don’t get cold feet now, coach.
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Troy Renck, Denver Post, 6 Sep. 2025
Usually, buyers get cold feet because their financial situations change.
—Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 29 Aug. 2025
The outlet says the scene alone is causing some theater chains across America to get cold feet over releasing the unrated Toxic Avenger.
—EW.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Phoenix initially brought the project to Haynes and developed it with the filmmaker before getting cold feet.
—Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 2025
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Troy Renck, Denver Post, 6 Sep. 2025
Usually, buyers get cold feet because their financial situations change.
—Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 29 Aug. 2025
The outlet says the scene alone is causing some theater chains across America to get cold feet over releasing the unrated Toxic Avenger.
—EW.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Phoenix initially brought the project to Haynes and developed it with the filmmaker before getting cold feet.
—Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for cold feet
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cold feet
Noun
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The uncertainty has caused fear for the nearly 700,000 Wisconsinites who rely on FoodShare benefits.—
JR Radcliffe,
jsonline.com,
24 Oct. 2025
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Upheaval at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has plunged Kentucky's public health infrastructure into a state of confusion and uncertainty, officials said, and some local departments are beginning to question the credibility of the agency's guidance.—
Connor Giffin,
Louisville Courier Journal,
23 Oct. 2025
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Yangwang doesn’t want to leave any doubts about the U9’s capabilities.—
Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
22 Oct. 2025
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Many journalists, authors, and investigators have voiced doubts about these convictions, believing that the real Monster of Florence was never caught.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
22 Oct. 2025
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That ups the ante on suspense over who as big a star of the moment as Roan might be saluting, as fans match up their ideal pairings.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
28 Oct. 2025
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Gilligan’s trademark cold opens, which can transport us halfway around the world or introduce new characters, remain a masterly way of calibrating suspense.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
27 Oct. 2025
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Despite its speculative premise, the series captures the loneliness that has pervaded society since the COVID pandemic and the dread of a future in which artificial intelligence might render human interaction obsolete.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
27 Oct. 2025
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The resulting amalgam of curious thoughts, heartfelt angst, expressions of longing or dread, make for a raw, touching saga shared by dozens of people, all seemingly looking for meaning.—
Will Tizard,
Variety,
27 Oct. 2025
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The record captures mounting angst, pushes back against control and calls out the capitalistic sides of our culture that fuel materialism and overconsumption.—
Audrey Gibbs,
Nashville Tennessean,
20 Oct. 2025
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Their bullpen, the source of so much angst for three months – up to and including the two games of the Wild Card Series against Cincinnati – is again acting dependably, and as the ninth-inning guy Roki Sasaki is moving ever closer to folk hero status.—
Jim Alexander,
Oc Register,
19 Oct. 2025
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Jeremy Allen White, who always seems to do inchoate torment so well, makes a fine Springsteen.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
24 Oct. 2025
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Depp will play the titular role of Ebenezer Scrooge, a misanthropic and miserly businessman in 19th century London who is visited by the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future in an effort to save himself from an afterlife of torment.—
Adam B. Vary,
Variety,
23 Oct. 2025
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Peppering dashes of humor into its brew of foreboding, the movie views the rise of an authoritarian movement through its effect on a family of unbelievers, covering a five-year period that begins in celebration and ends somewhere very different.—
Sheri Linden,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Oct. 2025
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Most tourists come to London for the iconic landmarks and museums, but for those with a penchant for the foreboding, the city’s morbid history sets an especially spooky tone.—
Nicole Kliest,
Vogue,
18 Oct. 2025
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Analysts say a Democratic upset could reenergize the party ahead of 2026, when Ossoff faces reelection and the governor’s office is again on the ballot.—
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Oct. 2025
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For the second time this season, Friday upsets will toss the high school football Top 10 on its head.—
John Maffei,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Oct. 2025
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