Sentence examples for spell of cold from inspiring English sources

Heating oil rose as an early spell of cold weather increased demand for heating fuel.

-- Crude oil rose on expectations that an early spell of cold weather would strain already low inventories of heating oil.

"What is new is this paranoia combined with a spell of cold weather in the United States and the 'climategate' release.

Customers including your correspondent are fuming about repeated power cuts in Johannesburg as Eskom has failed to cope with a spell of cold weather.

Peter Yealands, owner of New Zealand's largest privately owned vineyard, said a recent spell of cold, wet weather could cut the yield of the coming harvest by half.

The long spell of cold weather caused insects to struggle, with a knock-on effect on tree and flower pollination and a lack of food for birds like swallows and swifts which depend on airborne insect food.

While the insect was historically kept in check by spells of cold weather, years of mild winters have unleashed an outbreak whose spread and severity is unlike anything seen previously.As a result, the province is peppered with billions of dead, grey trees.

There are, however, certain species of animal that can endure far greater spells of cold.

"Lives are saved when communities open additional shelters during spells of cold weather," Michael Stoops, director of community organizing at the NCH, told ThinkProgress last year.

"Overall, retailers did well to keep shoppers engaged in physical stores during a month that typically sees less interest in robust browsing, yet consumers kept nonessential trips to a minimum during spells of cold weather," Euclid concluded.

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