Example sentences of "[verb] her to the bone " in BNC.
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| 1 | The cool threat chilled her to the bone . |
| 2 | The very prospect of her life being picked over like some succulent titbit chilled her to the bone . |
| 3 | He had been about to open the door into the kitchen , but now he turned and looked at her , and his next words cut her to the bone as they were apt to do when they spat the truth at her . |
| 4 | His mockery , which he meant as love , frightened and cut her to the bone . |
| 5 | It had a lethal edge now which cut her to the bone . |
| 6 | Anything would have been better than this ice-cold contempt that cut her to the bone . |
| 7 | It had been in his eyes when he lay on the bed staring rigidly at the ceiling , a terrifying , heart-rending pain that cut her to the bone . |
| 8 | The mockery could n't disguise the aggressive determination which chilled her to the bone . |
| 9 | The cold wind closed around her like an icy fist , chilling her to the bone . |
| 10 | Rosa said , ‘ It 's nothing , ’ and picked up the laundry and set off again.Her legs moved , her feet went forward one behind the other , but she felt winter come down on her and numb her to the bone . |