You know that the cherries are sweet, the ciabatta baked that morning and the melon so ripe that each slice will dissolve icily in your mouth. |
Mrs. Fitzgerald smiled icily at her son, and crooked a finger in the direction of the anxious butler. |
Her words rang out crystalclear, more musical than the cooing of the ringdove, but they cut the silence icily. |
The receptionist smiled icily at Tom, and then the smile vanished like a Martian polar cap. |
I glared icily at him, and then mimicked him in a false, high, nasal voice. |
Any number of specters could be floating in the cold, thin air or cavorting among icily twinkling stars. |