Frosts
[frɔsts]
Examples
- Frosts will soon set in, and in all probability with severity. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- For a week the Grand Army struggled through mud; then came sharp frosts, and then the first flakes of snow, and then snow and snow. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Alternate frosts and thaws succeeding to floods, rendered the country impassable. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Winter again came round, with its winds, frosts, tame robins, and sparkling starlight. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Frosts appear at night; November has sent his fogs in advance; the wind takes its autumn moan; but--he is coming. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Warnings of frosts and of freezing weather have enabled the growers of such products to protect and save large quantities of valuable plants. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The embrowning woods, and swollen rivers, the evening mists, and morning frosts, were welcomed with gratitude. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Spring drew on: she was indeed already come; the frosts of winter had ceased; its snows were melted, its cutting winds ameliorated. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
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