Sentence examples for as glacial from inspiring English sources

If western officials were now to speed up final-status talks, they would be seen by many to be giving in to violence.Oddly, relations between Kosovo's politicians and Serbia's nationalist prime minister, Vojislav Kostunica, may not be quite as glacial as they would have their voters believe.

Landforms which have been formerly classified as "periglacial talus cones" rather can be considered as glacial or glacially-controlled-landforms.

Flaubert as "glacial," "querulous," and "coldly aristocratic," he treats her as a cipher.

Flora of the Carboniferous followed the same climatic gradients as glacial deposits.

Coarse siliciclastic rocks also occur as glacial deposits in the late Late Ordovician of Africa and South America.

She's exasperated that more surgeons aren't training and research hospitals aren't adopting this operation, describing progress in the field as "glacial".

And keep an eye out for "chatter marks," arcing dents left behind by boulders, as glacial ice bumped them along the bedrock.

After that, the minutes moved as slowly and coldly as glacial ice, and when the report came it froze his heart.

Within them it is possible to recognize "hot spots" of plant and animal diversity that have been interpreted as glacial refugia.

Below, the Lakshman Ganga — a tributary of the Alaknanda — surged with startling force, as glacial snowmelt poured down over huge boulders.

Water stored as glacial ice could serve as the Himalayan region's hydrologic "insurance," adding to streams and rivers when it is most needed.