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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a cold quiet" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a stillness or silence that feels emotionally or physically cold, often evoking a sense of discomfort or eeriness.
Example: "As I walked through the abandoned house, I was struck by a cold quiet that enveloped the entire space."
Alternatives: "a chilling silence" or "an icy stillness."
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"When he lets the mask of English politeness slip, you can see there's a cold, quiet acrimony there," says Petridis.
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A movie theater can be a magical place, a portal; in the cold, quiet blackness anything is possible.
After a grisly history of electrocutions, gassings, hangings and firing squads, it is the cold, quiet science of lethal injections that has become America's most common and favored method of executing its worst criminals.
Everything was cold, quiet, serene.
I remember being speechless in the cold, quiet room.
They're cold, quiet types, who only wake up when they have to act".
They might be hot or cold, quiet or noisy, still or in motion, and such qualities can be more or less changeable.
"Oh, the symphonic shriek of the thousand hiding voices, the cry of the Need inside, the entity, the silent watcher, the cold quiet thing, the one that laughs, the Moondancer.
Maybe it's been the changing light, the cold, quiet shift to dark mornings and long, drab evenings that got me thinking about the way night turns to day in song; that's had me wondering what the light brings and the night hides, and what happens when they meet.
I headed out into the cold, quiet still air.
My managers closed their doors and everything went stone cold quiet.
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