Then they withdraw and I'm left on the cold cement with my pain, and nothing else.

Finding the emergency stairwell, he took the stairs two at a time, footsteps thundering on the cold cement.

In the next instant Hannah was on her knees on the cold cement.

She felt that she could have lain down here on the cold cement in front of the house and fallen into a deep sleep.

The position, facing the wall with her arms spread wide, pushing against the cold cement, was unpleasantly reminiscent of being arrested.

It was like being buried up to the neck in cold wet cement.

He was lying on cold cement, and his head hurt like hell.

The cold cement made him shiver, but he knew he was close enough now that if someone looked out a window, he wouldn't be seen.

A gloved hand reached down, grabbed Tony beneath the arms, lifted him off the cold cement.

I have hot, fresh bagels from the bagel store when everyone else is eating cold cement.