1.   Her eyes were half-closed and her cheeks were stiff with the numbing cold of the bitter wind.

2.   Jones, shoulders hunched against the numbing cold, contented himself with a quiet display.

3.   If Saunders could grip the ball well enough in the numbing cold to consistently throw strikes with his curveball, the Indians would have been in trouble.

4.   It felt like January on the slopes, but without the numbing cold.

5.   In South Dakota, winds had diminished across the region on Sunday and temperatures had improved although forecasters expected more numbing cold throughout next week.

6.   The numbing cold sweeping across the country could put a damper on the occasion.