frozen over
Example Sentences
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“The battlefield has clearly frozen over the last couple of months, and neither side is making a lot of progress,” a senior U.S. official told reporters Sunday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
The team suspected that a vent had frozen over, so they gently turned the ship so that the vent faced the sun, warming it up.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 6, 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
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
