Sentence examples for a certain icy from inspiring English sources

The answer, delivered with a certain icy scorn, was: 'This is Switzerland, not Britain.' As an intermittent commuter into London's Waterloo, I have come to admire the patient stoicism of all who suffer delays and overcrowding on South-West Trains.

Their words reflect a certain icy professionalism instilled in men who say they take no pleasure in killing, and try not to see their Iraqi foes as men with families and children.

But where Kieslow ski's profoundly humanistic films debated the existence of God and Mr. Egoyan's movies intuit a mysterious, often tragic element of fate at work in human affairs, Mr. Tykwer's coolly crafted films bespeak a certain icy detachment.

Much like Angelo in "Measure for Measure," who sets out to impose the death penalty for fornication (and then propositions a woman training to become a nun), the Mayor often seemed to derive a certain icy satisfaction from pointing up the frailties of others.

The rule should help boys and girls learn to treat each other with respect, courtesy and a certain icy distance.

The distance from the monolithic Jacob K Javits Center afforded a certain detachment – an icy remove that may well elude these brands out on the world's streets and highways.

Though the imprint might be thought of by most as a label that specialized in a certain kind of pristine, crystalline, icy-hued deep-leaning and melodic take on house and techno, typified by stunning releases by the likes of Efdemin and Pantha Du Prince, Leiske and Kersten always thought of it different.

Mr. Sarmento's art exudes a certain poignant yearning but it is frozen by its own icy elegance.

Quite the opposite, in fact: out of season, and in the icy fog, it has a certain charm to it.

Saturn's icy moon Enceladus has earned a certain amount of attention for its waterworks show — it was caught squirting plumes of mineral-rich water out of "tiger stripe" cracks near its south pole in 2005.

The quartz vein in the tunnel wall turned downward, the tunnel followed it, and at a certain depth we found our progress halted by an icy-looking pond.