frozen over

Example Sentences

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Hell has apparently frozen over, because “Cats” has somehow become fashionable on Broadway.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

Congress was out and the streets of D.C. were still frozen over with the “snowcrete” left from the recent snowstorm.

From Slate • Mar. 10, 2026

Snow, sleet and occasional icy rains have frozen over to cover much of Berlin in thin slabs of ice, which hospitals report have led to a spike in falls and injuries.

From Barron's • Feb. 5, 2026

These are a difficult-to-build Finnish nautical speciality the country uses to break through to ports frozen over in harsh Scandinavian winters, and which Trump has long had his eyes on.

From BBC • Oct. 10, 2025

It was Twelfthmoon now, and winter in Zosma, the Eder frozen over, and young men perchance composing poems to girls they’d met ice-skating.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor