cut ice
Example Sentences
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“We were the only ones that cut ice for everybody on the post,” Sgt.
From New York Times ● Sep. 10, 2021
But chivalrous ardor no longer cut ice as an alibi for presumption.
From The New Yorker ● May 6, 2019
That either of these letters cut ice with the judge is just further proof of how broken the system is.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 8, 2016
“In winter, they’d cut ice from the river and haul it into the caves,” Bowen said.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 21, 2015
We’d open up the store at seven a.m. and Sam would saw lumber, cut ice, stack the meats out, stock the shelves, feed the cow in the backyard, all before we Ieft for school.
From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride
