GLACIAL in a Sentence

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13 example sentences for GLACIAL, such as:

1. She gave me a glacial smile/stare.
2. A glacial silence reigned in the carriage.
3. Inside the jeep the atmosphere was glacial.
4. A voice rose above him, glacial and solemn.
5. The ensemble was glacial, regular, hideous.

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 Meanings and Examples of GLACIAL
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
glacial
 a.  like a glacier; extremely cold; lacking warmth and friendliness
Classic Sentence:
1  Since we are making a portrait, and since we do not wish to conceal anything, we are forced to add that he was glacial towards Napoleon in his decline.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XI—A RESTRICTION
2  He could not help thinking of poor Fantine, and it suited him to be glacial in his manner.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER II—HOW JEAN MAY BECOME CHAMP
3  The ensemble was glacial, regular, hideous.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4: CHAPTER I—MASTER GORBEAU
4  A voice rose above him, glacial and solemn.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 8: CHAPTER VI—BETWEEN FOUR PLANKS
5  It was a door even more glacial than that of winter which was ajar.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER II—IN WHICH LITTLE GAVROCHE EXTRACTS PROFIT FROM ...
6  The most terrible thing for the prisoner within the four walls in which he is buried, is a sort of glacial chastity, and he calls the dungeon the castus.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER II—ROOTS
7  One would have said that the glacial peace of the sepulchre had sprung forth from the earth and had spread over the heavens.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 13: CHAPTER III—THE EXTREME EDGE
8  A glacial silence reigned in the carriage.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER IX—MARIUS PRODUCES ON SOME ONE WHO IS A JUDGE OF ...
9  This connection with the well-fed and industrious stock of early New York revealed itself in the glacial neatness of Mrs. Peniston's drawing-room and in the excellence of her cuisine.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 3
Example Sentence:
1  The glacial epoch lasted for thousands of years.
2  Never a warm person, when offended John could seem positively glacial.
3  Inside the jeep the atmosphere was glacial.
4  She gave me a glacial smile/stare.