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Recent Examples of frigidly
At least Stijn Verhoeven and Ewa Mroczkowska’s nuanced production design for the interiors, including bourgeois homes full of kitschy knick-knacks, anonymous office spaces and frigidly austere villas, tell a story of their own about the material culture of the era.
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Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 16 Feb. 2026
Sweet, refreshing, and so frigidly fabulous in the height of summer.
—Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 18 Aug. 2025
Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 16 Feb. 2026
Sweet, refreshing, and so frigidly fabulous in the height of summer.
—Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 18 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for frigidly
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Duvall possessed a Brando-like intensity in the Seventies, whether as the coldly strategic Tom Hagen in the Godfather pictures or as Frank Hackett, the soulless, hotheaded executive in Sidney Lumet’s bruising satire Network.—
Tim Grierson,
Rolling Stone,
16 Feb. 2026
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The pair felt that their competitive careers had been coldly cut short.—
Natasha O'Neill,
Vanity Fair,
3 Feb. 2026
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However, as Nottingham Forest’s Nicolas Dominguez raced to close him down, Szoboszlai coolly took responsibility.—
James Pearce,
New York Times,
24 Feb. 2026
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When Samantha coolly responds no more than once, Baines can’t take it.—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
23 Feb. 2026
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“Frigidly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frigidly. Accessed 26 Feb. 2026.
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