How to use chilly in a sentence

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• The dank cave was chilly and spooky.From the entry dank
• It's chilly now the sun's gone in.From the entry go in
• A chilly tingliness in my fingers told me that I should have put on gloves before joining the snowball fight.From the entry tingliness
• On the day that RAIL meets Mick Whelan, it's during a particularly chilly cold snap.2025 March 5, Richard Wilcock, “In defence of the train drivers”, in RAIL, number 1030, page 30. From the entry cold snap
• Small blood vessels ruptured in the cheeks of lushingtons, pressed on the chilly pillow of a curb.2016, Alan Moore, Jerusalem, Liveright, published 2016, page 173. From the entry Lushington
• Me: scarfing my daughter’s macaroni and cheese, now chilly, over the sink while halfheartedly rinsing dishes.2015 December 11, Lara Bazelon, “Who Said ‘Game of Thrones’ Wasn’t for Kids?”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times…. From the entry scarf
• Most frequently, issues of chilly climate are noted among women pursuing doctorates in the sciences and engineering.2012, Margaret W Sallee, “The Individual and the Institution”, in On Becoming a Scholar: Socialization and Development in Doctoral…. From the entry chilly climate
• Not a hot one, but not chilly enough to give you a snotsicle.2011, Greg Wright, Daddy Dates: Four Daughters, One Clueless Dad, and His Quest to Win Their Hearts: The Road Map for Any Dad to Raise a…. From the entry snotsicle
• Chilly from the start, she grows ever frostier as the book proceeds, partly because Mr.2010 November 28, Janet Maslin, “A New York Tale of Art, Money and Ambition”, in The New York Times. From the entry frosty
• First she toe-dipped, and squealed, then timidly let herself down the ladder inch by chilly inch.1981, David Littlejohn, Going to California, page 61. From the entry toe-dip
• Walking away, Magnus abandoned his warmasters with that chilly notion to tuck into their bedrolls and guarantee them a restless sleep.2014, Christian A. Brown, Feast of Fates, →ISBN, page 433. From the entry warmaster
• If not, a night in mid-April would be unluxuriously chilly.2013, Rob Brezsny, The Televisionary Oracle. From the entry unluxuriously
• The two French gentlemen ordered beer, but I had a vin chaud (warmed red wine), as it was a chilly day.2008, Goro Shimura, The Map of My Life, Springer, published 2008, →ISBN, page 109. From the entry vin chaud
• Jessica and Kirstie happened to “fall” into the chilly lake at our cottage 20 or so miles from Presque Isle.2007 June 21, Bill Foley, “A head-turner on the beach”, in The Daily Item, Sunbury, Pa., →OCLC, page E3, column 1. From the entry teen-sit
• The man eyed Percy with a chilly eye.1930, P. G. Wodehouse, A Damsel in Distress, published 2004, page 198. From the entry gulp
• It was a chilly progress and heartbreakingly slow.1930, Alice Alison Lide, Margaret Alison Johansen, chapter VI, in Ood-le-uk the Wanderer, page 80. From the entry heartbreakingly
• "It is quite chilly," whispered Enid, with a shiver.1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html)…. From the entry thermometric
• For Canadian artists in particular, though, labouring in the chilly isolation that is our institutional culture, rejection has a numbing air of officialness.2009 August 13, “Critics' choice”, in Toronto Star. From the entry officialness
• So that's your task when your mother releases you into the world: to warm back into life the chilly universe of shiksehs.2006, Howard Jacobson, Kalooki Nights, Vintage, published 2007, page 26. From the entry shikse
• Her nightgown was thin, and she felt chilly as she stepped across the hall, pulling back the curtain that shielded Gabriel's room.1994, Linda Winstead, Guardian Angel. From the entry pull back
• During rehearsals they often lunched vegetarianly together at the Queen’s Restaurant in Sloane Square – apples, cheese, macaroni and salads with chilly milk and soda.1989, Michael Holroyd, chapter III, in Bernard Shaw, 1st American edition, volume II (1898–1918: The Pursuit of Power), New York, N.Y.…. From the entry vegetarianly
• But that air was at its coldest—aphelion was the chilliest season everywhere on this chill and temperate world—and the mountains of that limb were lower.1988 September, M[ary] J[ane] Engh, “[Preface to ‘The Second Turn’]”, in Wheel of the Winds, 1st mass market edition, New York, N.Y.: Tor…. From the entry darkside
• These take only a few inches of space in your pack or suitcase, but are the world’s greatest little warmer-uppers for chilly feet.1974 summer, Backpacker, volume 2, number 2, page 9. From the entry warmer-upper
• The three girl friends were seated on the rocks, enjoying the evening scene and the air which was fresh but not too chilly.1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 13: Nausicäa]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC. From the entry many a time and oft
• On a chilly Saturday afternoon in mid-November Emil was sitting at a rickety wire ice cream table on a just-as-rickety wire ice cream chair in the ice cream shop.2009, A. L. Provost, The Bookmark Murders: Saving Emil Heider, page 122. From the entry ice cream chair
• While the frozen continents are largely bereft of life, a rich bounty of complex organisms — many larger than a human — flourish in the chilly, toxic seas.2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Patavig. From the entry biosphere
• Runners had a fun day out in Friday's HKLRRC Boxing Day Race at Wan Chai Gap with most of the participants dressed up in costumes and braving the chilly weather.2014 December 26, Richard Castka, “Runners brave chilly weather in Boxing Day Run”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived…. From the entry dress up

Meaning of chilly

1. adjective Cold enough to cause discomfort.
2. adjective Feeling uncomfortably cold.
3. adjective Distant and cool; unfriendly.

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Questions about chilly in a sentence

How do you use chilly in a sentence?

Chilly is used as an adjective. For example: “I’m getting rather chilly over here – could you shut the window please?”

What is a short sentence with chilly?

“It's chilly now the sun's gone in.”

What does chilly mean?

Chilly means cold enough to cause discomfort.