Dictionary Entry

colder

Part of SpeechadjectiveUsed In Literature ↓

(of a thing) Having a low temperature.

In a Sentence

“A cold wind whistled through the trees.”

Origin

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Common Phrases

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Poetry examples for “colder”

Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.

The child Amphissus, to her bosom press'd,
Perceived a colder and a harder breast, 50
And found the springs, that ne'er till then denied

On listless throat or shoulder
Turned sideways now, turned colder
Than life that dreams of death.

All round the sad red blossoms smoulder,
Flowers coloured like the fire, but colder,
In sign of sweet things taken hence;

Yea, Autumn's chilly self is going,
And winter comes which is yet colder;
Each day the hoar-frost waxes bolder

And love her as I love a star.
For, not to speak of colder fear,
Which keeps my fancy calm, I hear,

Bosom then heaving that now lies forlorn.
Kindled with love-breath, (the sun's kiss is colder!)
Thy sweetness all near me, so distant to-day;

Thy distant fire,
Than that colder, lowly light.
1827.

Ah! as the heart grows older
It will come to such sights colder
By & by, nor spare a sigh

Ah! as the heart grows older
It will come to such sights colder
By and by, nor spare a sigh

Ah! as the heart grows older
It will come to such sights colder
By and by, nor spare a sigh