How to Use cold spell in a Sentence

cold spell

noun
  • Utah State surged in front late in the first half while San Jose State endured a cold spell on offense.
    John Coon, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2024
  • The other big home headache that this week’s cold spell could have caused are frozen pipes.
    oregonlive, 24 Feb. 2023
  • As for that cold spell, head coach Jon Scheyer chalked it up to bad luck.
    The Courier-Journal, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Here's how the soggy cold spell could give way to something that even starts looking like spring.
    Michelle Apon, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Apr. 2023
  • Drivers tend to notice potholes after a cold spell or in the spring, according to AAA.
    Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 19 Jan. 2024
  • Throughout our cold spell and wild weather through March, there was at least one persistent sign that spring was near: The new vintage of rosés has arrived.
    Dave McIntyre, Washington Post, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Commonly, it can be caused by a sudden cold spell or sudden high temperatures.
    Elizabeth Waddington, Treehugger, 12 May 2023
  • Temperatures should be above normal, except for a cold spell from late January to the middle of February.
    Karla Walsh, Country Living, 1 Sep. 2023
  • During this cold spell, temperatures have not dipped into the negatives or even to single digits.
    Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 2 Feb. 2023
  • As a cold spell swept through Mumbai in January and people donned sweaters and balaclavas to keep warm, a dusty haze hung in the air, occasionally caking onto leaves and piling into mounds on street corners.
    WIRED, 8 Mar. 2023
  • With natural gas prices still high, California residents must choose between staying warm and paying up during an extended cold spell.
    Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2023

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