chilling effect

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.