make one's blood run cold

Idioms and Phrases

Also, freeze one's blood . Cause one to shiver from fright or horror, as in The radiator's clanking at night made George's blood run cold , or Movies about vampires always freeze my blood . [Early 1800s] Also see make one's flesh creep .

Example Sentences

It is enough to make one's blood run cold to think of it.

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And when they saw us all, white and corpsey looking and more or less unsteady on our legs, line up in front of the barracks and march off under our Second Lieutenant, the groans and sorry faces they feigned were enough to make one’s blood run cold.

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There are thirty-three pictures of Vander Werff, a number sufficient to make one's blood run cold.

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At all events, he gave me no more trouble that night, nor since, though the way he haunts the door of that room and the looks he casts inside at the clock are enough to make one's blood run cold.

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It's 'nough to make one's blood run cold to see the highty-tighty airs that woman puts on.

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