How to Use cold shoulder in a Sentence

cold shoulder

noun

• The cold shoulder and off-the-shoulder styles show no signs of slowing.
  — Faye Wetzel, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 18 Dec. 2017
• Instead, Trump and his team gave Ward the cold shoulder.
  — Yvonne Wingett Sanchez, azcentral, 11 June 2018
• But that doesn't stop Mia from giving her the cold shoulder.
  — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 15 June 2020
• Then the former blew up and turned a cold shoulder to his mentor.
  — Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 16 Dec. 2019
• Watch the video to see the crabby toddler give her dad an adorable cold shoulder.
  — Sarah Scanlan, USA TODAY, 30 Aug. 2022
• In the 1970s, Karan introduced the cold shoulder to fashion.
  — Elizabeth Wellington, Philly.com, 10 Oct. 2017
• Most states are giving the cold shoulder to smartphone apps.
  — NBC News, 11 June 2020
• Any world leaders who would seek a bromance with this man may end up with a cold shoulder.
  — Adam Taylor, Washington Post, 10 Nov. 2022
• Blue and White, anxious not to anger its Jewish voters, gave Mr Odeh the cold shoulder.
  — The Economist, 5 Sep. 2019
• The sense of power that new managers gain can offset the cold shoulder from colleagues, a 2015 study says.
  — Sue Shellenbarger, WSJ, 26 Feb. 2019
• This knee-length number features a cold shoulder that gives a chic twist to your usual sweater dress.
  — Kiana Murden, CNN Underscored, 21 Dec. 2020
• He was met with a collective cold shoulder and a stern warning not to ship arms to Russia.
  — Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Feb. 2023
• Doing it wisely can also help trees and shrubs give diseases and pests the cold shoulder.
  — Leah Zerbe, Good Housekeeping, 15 Sep. 2017
• Samu seems flustered and surprised by the sudden cold shoulder.
  — Olivia Truffaut-Wong, refinery29.com, 22 June 2021
• As painful as your colleague’s cold shoulder may be, please remember that a true friend would not treat you this way.
  — Roxane Gay, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2022
• Pelosi largely gave Ocasio-Cortez and activists the cold shoulder.
  — David Roberts, Vox, 21 Dec. 2018
• But the bills have gotten a cold shoulder from key committee chairs, who have not given the bills so much as a hearing.
  — Editorial Board, Star Tribune, 9 Apr. 2021
• The Proud Boys aren't the only ones feeling the presidential cold shoulder.
  — Barnini Chakraborty, Washington Examiner, 22 Jan. 2021
• He's given most of the players the cold shoulder since Sunday, but there's more tension with Pogba.
  — SI.com, 20 Apr. 2018
• Despite the brief cold shoulder, the two seem to have no hard feelings as Isan attended the film’s premiere with her father this week.
  — Vulture, 20 Aug. 2022
• Green Giant, the iconic brand owned by B&G Foods, is determined to thaw out the cold shoulder consumers have been giving the frozen food aisle.
  — Beth Kowitt, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2017
• None too impressed with their hippie take on country music, Mr. Emery likewise gave the Byrds the cold shoulder.
  — New York Times, 17 Jan. 2022
• Those cold shoulders were easy to ignore when the jobless rate was above 6 percent and the Army’s most dependable recruiter, Sgt.
  — Dave Philipps, The Seattle Times, 2 Jan. 2019
• There have been some exceptions to the American cold shoulder.
  — Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2019
• For her part, Sturgeon has given her former mentor the cold shoulder.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 5 May 2021
• Dershowitz had predicted the cold shoulder from the Martha’s Vineyard crowd might happen.
  — Mark Shanahan, BostonGlobe.com, 4 July 2018
• In her post, Lipa rocked a custom LaQuan Smith jumpsuit, with an extreme cold shoulder and a pastel blue sash around her waist.
  — Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR, 19 Sep. 2021
• The cold shoulder continued Tuesday, even as voters went to the polls in Alabama.
  — Tony Cook, Indianapolis Star, 12 Dec. 2017
• In the last two games, Quantrill and Zach Plesac, who have received the cold shoulder from the offense through most of the first seven weeks of the season, received more support than usual.
  — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 7 June 2022
• And even though this one doesn’t have all the accouterments of newer models, its presence in my life is like a cup of hot cocoa in a world of cold shoulders.
  — Darcel Rockett, chicagotribune.com, 14 Feb. 2018

Last Updated: 28 May 2024