Example Sentences

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Defrosting liquids in the microwave can speed things up.

From New York Times • Oct. 22, 2021

Defrosting in the microwave can be a bit of “trial by fire,” as Henley says, as they vary in strength.

From Washington Post • Jan. 8, 2021

Defrosting later in a Keswick cafe, I look at the back flyer of my Penguin guide and learn with a shiver that he lost his great-grandfather on Shap Fell during a storm.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2018