I was warm, and the surrounding room was piercingly cold.

The temperature, which had been hot during the day and pleasant at night, dropped rapidly to become piercingly cold.

The temperature had fallen, and it was piercingly cold.

Despite the fact that spring had come, the nights were piercingly cold, the skies very clear, and the stars unbelievably bright.

After the overheated cafeteria, the wind felt piercingly cold, and she huddled, shivering, against the building, waiting for an answer.

He was wearing boots but no coat, and at first the piercingly cold wind was painful.

With the rains the temperatures which were currently hot during the day and pleasant at night would drop rapidly to become piercingly cold.

The air was piercingly cold, and smelled of pines.

He was then put into an isolation chamber that was maintained at a piercingly cold temperature for several weeks.

The huge room was piercingly cold; Varro clasped his arms about his body.