- present participle of freeze.
freezing
Example Sentences
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If those nucleation sites are absent, water can remain liquid even after it has been cooled below its normal freezing point.
From Science Daily • Jul. 8, 2026
"The second one was incredibly strong," said the 43-year-old, who remembers freezing inside his guard booth, overcome with nerves.
From Barron's • Jul. 5, 2026
McConnell, for example, has a history of public episodes — freezing mid-sentence, apparent cognitive lapses — that the press reports on in the moment and then allows to fade into the background.
From Salon • Jul. 2, 2026
"The heat near the ground has been forced up into the freezing layers of the troposphere, cooling rapidly and creating giant cumulonimbus clouds and thundery downpours."
From BBC • Jun. 26, 2026
I’d run home in the dark, dripping wet and freezing.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
Vocabulary lists containing freezing
Chemistry - Introductory
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Chemistry - High School
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Chemistry - Middle School
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