chilling effect

According to Ellis, the pushback in El Salvador had a chilling effect on the rest of the region, which until that point “hadn’t realized how much Washington cared” about deepening ties with China.

“When it was first issued, the moratorium had a chilling effect on eviction filings,” Emily Benfer, a law professor at Wake Forest University, told Popular Science in an email.

A moderately strong La Niña weather pattern was in place, which has had a pronounced chilling effect on the eastern and central parts of the Pacific Ocean.

Bender worries that Google’s actions could create “a chilling effect” on future AI ethics research.

Regardless, the disturbing rhetoric coming from some of the president’s staff increases the risk that all poll workers face, and could have a chilling effect on the turnout of these mostly volunteer workers.

Imagine the chilling effect this would have on senators thinking about sticking around for a fourth term and beyond.

“We certainly think it would have a chilling effect on the government,” said Pratt.

Suffice it to say that awareness of the risks of giving offense produces a chilling effect on the ground in Russia.

They say such actions are bound to have a significant chilling effect on the free flow of information.

Other researchers have worried about a possible chilling effect from the case.

He was in evening dress, with black tie and studs which had a chilling effect, and his manner was as cold and calm as usual.

This speech, with the stern voice and countenance of the speaker, told with chilling effect upon the awe-stricken hearers.

Nothing has a more chilling effect on any business than failure to meet all indebtedness when due.

It was a frame of mind, too, which always produced a chilling effect upon my feelings towards him.

He used nothing like an angry or unkind word, but the negative character of the conversation had a chilling effect on my mind.