Sentence examples for chilling hours from inspiring English sources

Areas where safe winter chill exists for growing walnuts, pistachios, peaches, apricots, plums and cherries (>700 Chilling Hours) are likely to almost completely disappear by the end of the 21st century.

Fruit trees require "chilling hours", or time in cold, wintry environments, for optimum production.

Cold temperatures in winter keep invasive insects and pests at bay and provide the chilling hours necessary for crops like apples and blueberries.

June Boyle, a Fairfax County detective who obtained two damning and chilling hours of audiotaped confessions from Mr. Malvo last November, sat behind Mr. Malvo and scowled and shook her head angrily as the verdict was announced.

In interpreting these range estimates, it should be noted that the currently used chilling requirements (in Chilling Hours) might not be valid in a warmer climate.

Our analysis showed that around the year 1950, growers in the Central Valley could rely on between 700 and 1200 Chilling Hours, depending on the location of their orchard in the valley (Fig. 3).

It was a chilling hour of television, which is probably remembered by anyone who saw it.

On those bone-chilling ten-hour shifts on the WGA picket line, I recited Moliere's lines to keep myself entertained.

FRENCH BUTTER COOKIES Adapted from Lionel Poilane Time: 45 minutes, plus 4 hours' chilling 5 ounces unsalted French or premium American butter, at room temperature 1/2 cup sugar 1 large egg, at room temperature 2 cups all-purpose flour.

Total time: 1 hour, 25 minutes plus one hour chilling time for the crepe batter.

Besides water-skiing, we chartered a sailboat at the Tahoe City marina and spent three bone-chilling but exhilarating hours zipping around the deep, windy lake.