How to Use cold in a Sentence

cold

1 of 3 adjective

• It was a long, cold winter.
• The water was too cold for swimming.
• It's cold outside, but the wind makes it feel even colder.
• He ate cold pizza for breakfast.
• The weather has been unusually cold this spring.
• It's bitterly cold out there!
• Are you cold? I could turn up the temperature if you'd like.
• The perfect mix of hot sun, cold drink and warm breeze.
  — Anna Braz, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2023
• The case soon went cold — and the victim remained nameless for 45 years.
  — Rio Yamat, The Enquirer, 15 June 2023
• Highs range from the low 50s in our colder areas to the mid- to upper 50s elsewhere.
  — Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 13 Nov. 2023
• They can be used for hot or cold therapy to soothe aches and pains.
  — Carrie Honaker, Southern Living, 27 Sep. 2023
• With their durable glass construction, they are built to last and can be used for both hot and cold drinks.
  — Kirsten Chanel Webber, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2023
• And with it, a tough forecast: many more dark, cold, gloomy days of winter until the first signs of spring.
  — Karen I. Chen, Travel + Leisure, 6 Oct. 2023
• The stainless steel is naturally cold, so there’s no need to store it in the fridge.
  — Sophie Dodd, Peoplemag, 22 Feb. 2024
• His indictment was the fifth for an Alaska cold case so far this year.
  — Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 10 July 2023
• Plus, the blanket is safe to toss in the washing machine on cold and tumble dry on low heat.
  — Maya Polton, Parents, 29 Mar. 2024
• Despite their success in May, the Orioles’ bats have, at times, gone cold.
  — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 30 May 2023
• For more than a decade, Santa’s Pub has been welcoming guests 21 and over for cold beer and karaoke.
  — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 5 Aug. 2023
• The closable lid is ideal for sipping coffee on the go, or it can be used with a straw for cold drinks.
  — Molly Allen, Southern Living, 20 Oct. 2023
• Want to take batting practice while having a couple cold ones with the boys?
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Aug. 2023
• When the leaves start changing and the days get shorter, colder weather is on its way, but maybe not right away.
  — Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 8 Oct. 2023
• Firestorm’s customers showed up on a cold and windy day in late January to help pack the boxes.
  — Lori Rozsa, Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2024
• These little bright green pancakes are best right out of the pan — but a cold one out of the fridge the next morning makes a nice breakfast treat.
  — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 4 Aug. 2023
• Yeti drinkware is known for its ability to keep drinks cold even in the hottest conditions.
  — Josie Howell | [e-mail], al, 11 July 2023
• Go out and learn: Craving something cold for a hot summer day?
  — Steven Vargas, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2023
• Some even have two zones to keep white wines slightly colder than reds (though still not as cold as your kitchen fridge).
  — Dave McIntyre, Washington Post, 28 Mar. 2024
• Plus, they’re designed to prevent you from feeling too hot or too cold.
  — Hillary Maglin, Travel + Leisure, 16 Dec. 2023
• The mattress topper is easy to clean as well — just toss it in the washing machine on cold and tumble dry.
  — Nicol Natale, Peoplemag, 3 Aug. 2023
• The latter helps keep everything frosty cold when plunging.
  — Sean Evans, Robb Report, 9 Apr. 2024
• Executive chef Juan Romero is leading the kitchen, which will put out small plates of charcuterie and cheeses, plus cold and hot tapas.
  — Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 11 Apr. 2024

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cold

2 of 3 noun

• Come in out of the cold.
• It's not the flu, it's just a cold.
• I mind cold more than heat.
• They died of exposure to cold.
• I stood there shivering in the cold.
• He waited outside for her in the bitter cold.
• The cold really sets in around late November and doesn't let up until April.
• The lows, when the mental errors creep in, stop a drive cold.
  — Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Mar. 2024
• There is no shade from the burning sun in the day, nowhere to keep warm in the perishing cold of the night.
  — David Culver, CNN, 11 May 2023
• To keep breast milk cold, an ice pack screws onto the lid and keeps food safe for hours.
  — Christin Perry, Parents, 16 Oct. 2023
• Freeze the melon balls in advance to help keep the drink cold when serving.
  — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 26 Sep. 2023
• What does El Niño mean for D.C. cold and snow this winter?
  — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2023
• Stores are starting their busiest time of year as customers look for help with colds and the flu.
  — Tom Murphy, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2023
• Humans cannot spread malaria to others like a cold or the flu.
  — Alexander Tin, CBS News, 29 June 2023
• Ready to do something about it now that the bitter cold is behind us?
  — Kc Property Group, Kansas City Star, 3 Mar. 2024
• The girls do eat their teammate, Jackie, who died from extreme cold at the end of the first season.
  — Samuel Maude, ELLE, 25 Apr. 2023
• Although the infection feels like a cold or the flu for many people, this is not the common cold.
  — Helen Branswell, STAT, 10 Sep. 2023
• And as with most things, when America gets a cold, people of color get the flu.
  — Ruth Umoh, Fortune, 29 Nov. 2023
• If your child has a mild cold, just the sniffles, but has no fever, is not vomiting, bring him to school...
  — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2023
• Yellowknife, Canada Love the idea of the northern ;ights, but not so into the freezing cold?
  — Paul Rubio, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Mar. 2024
• Still, your little one is bound to catch a cold sooner or later.
  — Parents Editors, Parents, 18 Aug. 2023
• Become a Subscriber Extreme cold is one end of the spectrum.
  — Patrick George, The Atlantic, 7 Aug. 2023
• Sleep and rest are essential to body and mind recovery during a cold or the flu.
  — Dominique Fluker, Essence, 25 Oct. 2023
• So if your baby or young toddler is sniffly and sneezy, a cold is more likely the culprit.
  — Nicole Harris, Parents, 10 Sep. 2023
• Rather, the panels reach far beyond Earth’s atmosphere to tap the distant cold of deep space.
  — Sid Assawaworrarit, IEEE Spectrum, 25 Nov. 2023
• Mix two scoops of the powder with anything from water to yogurt daily to keep colds and bugs at bay.
  — Hillary Maglin, Travel + Leisure, 20 Oct. 2023
• As the West deals with cold and snow to kick off March, areas to the east will be picking up right where February left off — with record warmth.
  — Kathryn Prociv, NBC News, 29 Feb. 2024
• Since the film takes place after dark on Christmas Eve, most shoots ran late into the night, sometimes in the rain and sometimes in the freezing cold.
  — Sophia Scorziello, Variety, 22 Sep. 2023
• The assault on Friday was reminiscent of Russia’s air campaign against the Ukrainian energy grid during the first winter of the war, which plunged Kyiv into cold and darkness.
  — Ivan Nechepurenko, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2024
• The portable air purifier can clean the surrounding air in as little as 12 minutes, relieving allergies, colds, and more.
  — Amy Schulman, Peoplemag, 19 Mar. 2024

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cold

3 of 3 adverb

• She was asked to perform the song cold.
• In a street brawl, a man is knocked to a bench and cold-cocked.
  — Tim Prudente, baltimoresun.com, 16 July 2021
• It can be baked, served as raw sashimi and cold-smoked.
  — Jeff Kart, Forbes, 17 June 2021
• His family's olives are hand-picked and cold-pressed, then the oil is bottled in Lebanon and shipped to the U.S.
  — Emma Balter, Chron, 20 Dec. 2022
• Pure Kitchen is a must visit when in Ottawa, at the very least to get your healthy cold-pressed juice fix.
  — Miriam Porter, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2021
• There's the Bloomberg campaigner who cold-called her to ask for support.
  — Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 20 Aug. 2020
• Besides lime, the second variety adds cold-pressed jalapeño to the mix.
  — Robin Soslow, Chron, 22 Aug. 2022
• Consulting the Yellow Pages, he cold-called the store, and got the job because Holloway’s mother got a good feeling about him on the phone.
  — Gavin Edwards, charlotteobserver, 8 June 2018
• But her funniest, most off-the-wall appearance in the role was during a 2017 Christmas cold open.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 27 Aug. 2019
• After struggling to make a smoothie, the star reaches for a few packets of cold-pressed applesauce to save time.
  — Gabrielle Chung, PEOPLE.com, 31 Aug. 2020
• These soaps are cold-processed and handmade by her mother, Susan.
  — Akili King, Vogue, 12 Apr. 2021
• There is also an option to subscribe to the cold-pressed pouch delivery service.
  — Stefani Sassos, M.s., R.d.n., C.s.o., C.d.n., Good Housekeeping, 8 Nov. 2022
• Schoening’s streak almost came to an end because of a cold-induced raspy voice that threatened to sideline him for a 2017 game in Salt Lake City.
  — Tom Orsborn, San Antonio Express-News, 3 Mar. 2022
• Russell, coming off the bench since returning from knee surgery, got the cold-shooting Wolves started.
  — Brian Hall, Star Tribune, 26 Apr. 2021
• Meanwhile, Act+Acre’s hair mask and cold-pressed hair cleanse is both luxurious and restorative.
  — Laura Jackson, Vogue, 13 Oct. 2022
• Reports of dead fish and cold-stunned sea turtles began coming in as early as Valentine’s Day.
  — Matt Williams, Dallas News, 26 Feb. 2021
• In addition to cold-pressed juice, this Omega model can turn out nut butters and nut milks, baby food and other purées, and sorbet.
  — Lauren Joseph, Bon Appétit, 17 Mar. 2022
• Similarly for Texas in the middle of the cold-induced blackouts of February 2021.
  — James Conca, Forbes, 27 Jan. 2022
• Khurana cold-emailed the idea to Mark Cuban, who decided to invest, prompting Khurana to quit his job as a consultant.
  — Arielle Pardes, Wired, 24 Jan. 2022
• Though there was an array of floral waters, cold-pressed oils, and powder-to-clay masks spread before her, Mahtani was most drawn to a humble moss green bar soap.
  — Zoe Ruffner, Vogue, 21 Apr. 2021
• In a heroic effort, volunteers had to rescue more than 4,000 cold-stunned sea turtles on South Padre Island.
  — Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 19 Feb. 2021
• Some of the cold-stunned sea turtles had other problems as well, including hook infections and injuries from boats, Knight said.
  — Jamie Stengle, ajc, 25 Mar. 2021
• Jessica and Mark used the metallic wine glasses at their very cold-looking outdoor dinner.
  — Jordyn Taylor, Men's Health, 15 Feb. 2022
• This wasn’t a promotional gimmick as much as an indication of the cheapness of Finley and persistence of Baer, who cold-called the owner to get the job.
  — Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 Mar. 2018
• Some days this involved transforming spent coffee beans into a cold-pressed espresso ice cream.
  — Maggie Lange, Bon Appétit, 27 Oct. 2021
• This bouncy serum shot is infused with cold-pressed celery, antioxidant-rich mixed green sprouts, and a blend of plumping hyaluronic acids.
  — Joseph Deacetis, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2021
• This five-move yoga routine targets the muscles that often suffer the most from hunching and cold-induced stiffness in the upper back, neck and shoulders.
  — Stephanie Mansour, CNN, 16 Dec. 2021
• According to the organization's Facebook page, the Texas storm is the biggest sea turtle cold-stunning event to happen in south Texas.
  — Maria Morava and Scottie Andrew, CNN, 18 Feb. 2021
• The companies obtained phone numbers for elderly people throughout the country and cold-called them.
  — Adam Ferrise, cleveland, 15 June 2022
• In short, the prankster pretended to be a cop and, over and over again, cold-called a series of fast-food restaurants, eventually convincing a manager at each one to strip-search a young female worker.
  — Chris Hachey, BGR, 15 Dec. 2022

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024