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Those who believe they are on the right side of history may view the social consequences of radical environmentalism, in coldly arrogant tones, as unavoidable collateral damage.

The German Ecological-Industrial Complex Malte Lehming 2010

Not that one can ever become a total abstainer from spending: one's landlord on quarter-day would remain coldly unmoved by a letter saying that one had signed the pledge.

Try Anything Twice 1938

"Love stories," Hutchins put in coldly, "are terribly stupid, except to those concerned."

Tish 1916

She stopped short, looking at me with wonder; and then, "Nothing here is mine," she answered in English, coldly and sadly.

The Aspern Papers 1888

"A look of vexation or a word coldly spoken, or a little help thoughtlessly withheld, may produce long issues of regret."

Architects of Fate or, Steps to Success and Power Orison Swett Marden 1887

She stopped short, looking at me with wonder; and then, "Nothing here is mine," she answered in English, coldly and sadly.

The Aspern Papers Henry James 1879

"Alright Clarissa," I called coldly as I came up to her, "I'm here again for you.

The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection Dozois, Gardner 2006

But as often as they discussed the matter with the governor, it was evident that he looked upon the idea coldly, and put them off with hopes.

The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 06 of 55 1583-1588 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century Emma Helen Blair 1884

Most often described as a coldly intellectual filmmaker, the documentary finds Resnais at his most playful.

Paste Magazine 2009

Bob Woodward sat there very kind of coldly looking at it.

CNN Transcript Feb 12, 2007 2007