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Examples

  • The air smelt steel-cold of rain, and of hot droppings.

    The Captain's Doll 2003

  • Wordlessly, Jenna began loading the reproduction antique guns, but Noah's steel-cold voice stopped her.

    Ripping Time Asprin, Robert 2000

  • A dark glance from steel-cold grey eyes shut her up.

    Ripping Time Asprin, Robert 2000

  • Montgomery Wilkes, with his red hair, black uniform, and steel-cold eyes, routinely prowled the whole area.

    Wagers of Sin Asprin, Robert 1996

  • The wind blew the still-thinning fog into curls and streamers; it cut steel-cold through wet clothes and wet skin to reach meat and marrow.

    A Gift From Earth Niven, Larry 1968

  • The wind blew the still-thinning fog into curls and streamers; it cut steel-cold through wet clothes and wet skin to reach meat and marrow.

    A Gift From Earth Niven, Larry 1968

  • De Léry said little, but noted every word of his uncle's statement, and it slowly took shape in his mind in a steel-cold deadly contempt for

    The False Chevalier or, The Lifeguard of Marie Antoinette William Douw Lighthall

  • Whenever she turned her head, she caught the steel-cold glitter of his eyes.

    Harrigan Max Brand 1918

  • There was a fellow with steel-cold nerve -- worth a thousand trained McKeevers!

    Ronicky Doone Max Brand 1918

  • He said it, in fact, with a steel-cold finality which sent my soul cringing back into its kennel.

    The Prairie Child Arthur Stringer 1912

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