Sentence examples for met a chilly from inspiring English sources

Ocean Friendly's prototype nets, finished in September 1998 by Ocean Spar Technologies, a Seattle maker of sea cages, met a chilly reception from American fishermen.

The British cyclist Lizzie Armitstead, who missed three doping tests but was allowed to race after her excuse for one was accepted, met a chilly reception among fellow competitors – apparently even by her own team – at the start of the women's road race, where she finished fifth.

When Khrushchev paid a visit to China in September, shortly after his successful U.S. visit, he met a chilly reception, and Khrushchev left the country on the third day of a planned seven-day visit.

Republicans were knocked off stride by the announcement, and many had no warning from Mr. Specter, who met a polite but chilly reception when he entered a party luncheon to inform his colleagues.

Correct: her research is being met with a chilly reception from those who champion the Young Canyon.

We had met on a chilly winter evening in London, after she had finished a day rehearsing Beckett's Happy Days, a production destined for Hamburg.

Only a couple of years ago Ms. Tornai's dresses — often cut from semi-sheer panels of lace — met with a chilly reception in New York.

Syriza's promises of a moratorium on debt payments and an expansive fiscal policy have met with a chilly response in Brussels and Berlin, but they appeal to austerity-weary Greeks.

Mr. Hollande called on the 17 euro nations to jointly issue bonds to guarantee the finances of struggling nations, an idea that met with a chilly reception from Germany.

A friend reported how his girlfriend's use of his best friend's nickname for him, in front of the friend, was met with a chilly silence broken only by the rustle of passing tumbleweed.

That pronouncement met with a chilly reception from many legislators because holding office in the New Jersey Legislature is considered a part-time position, so many lawmakers work at another job, and a substantial number do business either with the state or with other municipal agencies.