The man could not have survived, coldest reason told him.

That was a danger that had to be looked at with cold reason.

It was not the ice of anger, but of cold reason.

An arranged marriage, of course, for cold and practical political reasons.

The voices of cold reason were talking, as usual, to deaf ears.

He had to deal with issues, problems, and people entirely in the light of cold reason.

His cold reason, however, would not allow him to entertain that comforting belief.

But the action brought a thought born of cold reason.

She was in the act of putting her hand to his face before cold reason returned.

She saw reality, in which love did not hold sway, but only cold, hard reason.