How to Use cold spell in a Sentence

cold spell

noun

• 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
• 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
• 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
• In spite of a warmish weather forecast for Florida, a cold spell might sneak into the state.
  — Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 14 Dec. 2024
• Drivers tend to notice potholes after a cold spell or in the spring, according to AAA.
  — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 19 Jan. 2024
• Generally, ‘no heat’ complaints will arise when there is a cold spell.
  — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 26 Jan. 2024
• Temperatures through the week were predicted to be in the low 20s, with wind chills in the teens or single digits — the longest cold spell for the city this winter.
  — Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 15 Jan. 2024
• Although temperatures will dip this week, this cold spell won’t last long.
  — Hayleigh Evans, The Arizona Republic, 10 Dec. 2024
• Temperatures in Austin will return to a regular range this week, with a brief cold spell bringing lows in the 40s before giving way to highs in the 80s by the end of the week.
  — Bianca Moreno-Paz, Austin American-Statesman, 18 Mar. 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
• The month-plus chart-topper ended a bit of a commercial cold spell for Posty, whose solo No. 1s had all come last decade and who hadn’t found a hit of this size since well before the pandemic.
  — Katie Atkinson, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
• 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
• These above-average conditions may mark the start of spring, though another cold spell remains possible.
  — Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 22 Feb. 2024
• 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
• The effects would be devastating—plunging northern Europe into a deep cold spell, crushing food systems, condemning big regions to drought.
  — Sandra Upson, WIRED, 25 July 2024
• 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

Last Updated: 21 Feb 2025