Why, man, 'tis icier by twenty degrees than when we were first locked up."
"The Frozen Pirate"
W. Clark Russell
It was even icier than I expected, and my first step was nearly the last; the rush of the white water knocked me to my knees, and I floundered and would have measured my length except for my hands on the fixed rope.
"The Planet Savers"
Marion Zimmer Bradley
Her features, which in animation were summer light playing upon smooth water, could be exceedingly cold in repose: the icier to those who knew her, because they never expressed disdain.
"The Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith"
George Meredith