Example sentences for: coldly

How can you use “coldly” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • They receive the play coldly, even though the Broadway run is almost sold out.

  • A distraught look emerged on the husband's face and his wife stared coldly at him.

  • Feminists approve of the novel, about an aging rock star and her two abandoned children, because it coldly documents the woman's abuse and is "clear-eyed about the economic forces that shape women's lives" (Valerie Sayers, the New York Times Book Review ). Others say Allison "leans precariously toward melodrama" and tries too hard for "gut-wrenching emotion" (Phyllis Richardson, the Los Angeles Times Book Review ).

  • She still refers to me as a friend, but I feel I am treated quite coldly now.

  • "Charming," my wife replied coldly as she shrank into her seat.


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