It wasn't so much the bump on the head, but the cold river that had weakened him.

He took a deep breath to prepare for the plunge into the cold river, then slipped over the side.

But there is a cold river which we must pass in our advance towards nothingness and age.

He eased himself over and down into the cold river.

I'll take you for a swim in a cold river.

They took their afternoon tea by the cold river.

On the left, just to the other side of the oncoming traffic, was a cliff falling about a hundred feet into a dark, cold river.

Looking around, he cut away from the lonely waters of the cold river.

They all had to face crossing the cold river, and sure how it would affect the animal's injury.

The river, cold as lunar ice, swirled past me like a wasted life.