Sentence examples for cast a chill from inspiring English sources
verb
To provoke an uneasy feeling which stops a conversation, as by an uncalled act or word.
- His menacing presence cast a chill over everyone.
The ruling, Mr. Kelleher argued, could cast a chill on other attempts to sue federal regulators.
Mr Balko says that interventions from law enforcement "have cast a chill over the treatment of pain".
The letter will cast a chill over the awards season, not least because of the despair she expresses with Hollywood.
Worse, inBloom's collapse will probably cast a chill over other promising entrepreneurs and tech-philanthropists who want to solve similar problems in other industries.
This slim volume is packed with deceptive relationships and bad decisions made through fear, and will cast a chill over the sun lounger despite some implausible resolutions.
Party plans are underway, but violence in the mountains bordering both the South and the North, and the fight between the southern and northern governments over an oil-rich region, have cast a chill over the festivities.
An extraordinary front-page newspaper editorial on Sunday in Ciudad Juárez cast a chilling light on the mortal dangers faced by journalists in Mexico's escalating drug wars.
They may also cast a chilling pall on freedom of expression and havealready fuelled paranoia among protesters, fearful of future consequences from being on China's watch lists.
As Yahoo! put it, Mr. Beah's account of the life of a child soldier "has cast a chilling spotlight on the brutality of wars that rage across Africa".
The police videotaped the crowd, casting a chill on 420, as the tradition is known.
And although Mr. Suharto is out of power, his shadow still casts a chill among many Indonesians.
