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1  They were out on the waterfront, and from the east a freezing gale was blowing off the ice-bound lake.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 24
2  After that there was nothing for him to do but wait, pacing back and forth in the snow, meantime, to keep from freezing.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 15
3  In summer the stench of the warm lard would be nauseating, and in winter the cans would all but freeze to his naked little fingers in the unheated cellar.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 6
4  In the face of all his handicaps, Jurgis was obliged to make the price of a lodging, and of a drink every hour or two, under penalty of freezing to death.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 24
5  The winter came, and the place where he worked was a dark, unheated cellar, where you could see your breath all day, and where your fingers sometimes tried to freeze.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 7
6  There could be no trifling in a case like this, it was a matter of life and death; little Stanislovas could not be expected to realize that he might a great deal better freeze in the snowdrift than lose his job at the lard machine.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 12
7  On the killing beds you were apt to be covered with blood, and it would freeze solid; if you leaned against a pillar, you would freeze to that, and if you put your hand upon the blade of your knife, you would run a chance of leaving your skin on it.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 7
8  At the end of this hog's progress every inch of the carcass had been gone over several times; and then it was rolled into the chilling room, where it stayed for twenty-four hours, and where a stranger might lose himself in a forest of freezing hogs.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 3
9  Sometimes Jurgis would be working until late at night, and then it was pitiful, for there was no place for the little fellow to wait, save in the doorways or in a corner of the killing beds, and he would all but fall asleep there, and freeze to death.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 7