grow cold
Frequency: 6.04.8 per million words
To gradually become cold, often in a literary or formal context.
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- The room grew cold after the fire died down.
- As autumn approaches, the evenings will grow cold.
- Don't let your coffee grow cold; drink it while it's hot.
- Her heart grew cold when she heard the terrible news.
- The trail had grown cold, making the search much more difficult.
- Without gloves, his fingers quickly grew cold in the biting wind.
- Their initial enthusiasm for the project grew cold after months of delays.
- In the story, the hero's welcome grew cold as people learned of his past.
- The embers in the fireplace have grown cold, leaving only ashes.
- He felt the air grow cold as the sun set behind the mountains.