Close by stood the woman who'd come with the ice water hours earlier.
I asked her to bring me back some ice water.
Her next words were like ice water on his face.
A glass of ice water sat before him on the table.
She came back in a few minutes with a glass of ice water.
Add the ice water and process for another 30 seconds.
The Other's voice was like ice water in my brain.
Without warning, her words hit him in the face like ice water.
The words put a pool of ice water around all their feet.
Have a large glass of ice water along with every drink.
Except for the iced water, of course, which was warm.
"Stay, then," she said, refusing to look back at him, her voice like iced water.
The young woman came in with a tumbler of iced water.
Remove the lobsters, and place in iced water to cool.
But London is like iced water, it's crystal clear and safe.
'Just iced water, thanks,' he said the next time she screwed up enough nerve to go back to his table.
But she stood with a pitcher of iced water and watched me closely the whole meal.
She returned with a tall glass of iced water.
He felt it trickle into his brain like iced water and brace itself.
In a cup of iced water it wouldn't have been noticed.