cold-bloodedness

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  • It is the more strange, since we know that Turner himself was averse to the idea. —  The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
  • But then he had another thought, one that appalled him with its monstrous cold-bloodedness but might keep him breathing. —  Rulers of the Darkness
  • You had better reflect on your choice of words and notice the lucidity -- or rather, the cold-bloodedness -- with which I am telling you this story. —  Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine
  • "Holmes is a little too scientific for my tastes -- it approaches to cold-bloodedness. —  A Study in Scarlet
  • I said with a grin. —  Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine
 

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