cold feet

This is comedy based on a cold humor, detached, euphemistic, devoid of any generosity.

We indulge in expensive cold-pressed juices and SoulCycle classes, justifying these purchases as investments in our health.

Cold War fears could be manipulated through misleading art to attract readers to daunting material.

The vaccine is delivered through a “carrier virus” that causes a common cold in chimpanzees but does not affect humans.

Accusing his opponents of being locked in a Cold War mind-set, it is Stone who is beholden to old orthodoxies.

He reached forward and took her hands, and if Mrs. Vivian had come in she would have seen him kneeling at her daughter's feet.

Madame de Condillac stood watching him, her face composed, her glance cold.

Moreover, most of the burrows were only a few feet apart and no agonistic behavior was witnessed.

Before the spinet a bench was placed about four feet below the keys, and I was put upon the bench.

We all rose to our feet, and he shook hands with everybody without waiting to be introduced.