But when we arrived at our cottage in Colwall, a village on the edge of Great Malvern, I had come down with a fierce cold.

Three hundred soldiers dressed for battle, bundled against the fierce cold that had already descended on these mountains, though summer's heat had barely lost its edge in Cenaria City.

Her throat rasped raw by the fierce cold, Martine was thankful for the slightest break in their march.

I would stir up my fire and think about how much food it must take to keep one little bird alive in that fierce cold.

The work was welcome, but the increasingly fierce cold made it far from easy.

Even now, while southern California enjoys its usual mild Christmas winter, a fierce cold has settled over their destroyed cities and villages.

It was first very cold, then very hot, and finally settled down to a fierce east-windy cold, difficult to endure.

The child's face was red, lumpy, and badly misshapen from hives caused by the fierce cold.

They sat on blankets and furs inside the dark hut, crouched close to the fire, although to anyone accustomed to the fierce cold of the mountains it was not really cold.

Then the thirsty, tender plants were abruptly hit by fierce cold.