cold-shouldering

present participle of cold-shoulder

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for cold-shouldering
Verb
  • Rather than isolating elders to a clinical setting, Assisted Living Magazine encourages environments where leisure, purpose, and community are part of everyone’s daily life.
    Kaitlyn Gomez, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
  • During the dictatorships after World War II, the natural barrier of the Accursed Mountains was fortified, set about with land mines, and patrolled, effectively isolating the stronghold of Albania from the rest of the world.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins did approve the group's referendum petition this week after initially rejecting it.
    Savannah Hawley-Bates, NPR, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Miller says that rejecting God, as philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche warned, ultimately leads to rejecting the value of human life.
    Mitch Picasso , Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • By that measure, Sheinbaum should be reminded that sending cheap oil to the decrepit Cuban regime and snubbing the Summit of the Americas in solidarity with the region’s most brutal dictatorships is a betrayal of Mexico’s constitutional commitment to human rights.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Walz drew a surge of media attention and prompted popular X posts on the campaign trail for cutting a rootsy profile like her father.
    Jay Stahl, USA Today, 25 Oct. 2025
  • In cutting those moments, Baxter used the score to track the temperature of his edit, especially as the second chapter begins.
    Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 25 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • This polarization means even post-Trump, Democrats may cling to divisive issues like defund-the-police echoes or aggressive cultural wars, repelling the non-ideological public weary of extremes.
    Nafees Alam, Twin Cities, 22 Oct. 2025
  • This polarization means even post-Trump, Democrats may cling to divisive issues like defund-the-police echoes or aggressive cultural wars, repelling the non-ideological public weary of extremes.
    Nafees Alam, Boston Herald, 18 Oct. 2025
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“Cold-shouldering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cold-shouldering. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.

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