cold gloom

Frequency: 4.01.5 per million words

Describes a dark place that also feels unpleasantly cold.

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Examples (10)

  • We peered into the cold gloom of the cellar.
  • At dusk, a cold gloom settled over the harbor.
  • The corridor was shrouded in cold gloom after the power cut.
  • Snowlight barely pierced the cold gloom inside the shed.
  • She stepped out of the cold gloom and into the sunlit street.
  • A cold gloom hangs over the courtyard every winter morning.
  • Without a fire, the cabin quickly sank into a cold gloom.
  • They inched forward, moving through the cold gloom of the tunnel.
  • By midnight, fog had thickened, and cold gloom swallowed the footpath.
  • Bring a flashlight; the cave is all cold gloom beyond the first bend.