icy

Example Sentences

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Frankel says dozens of women tried out to play Emily, the haughty first assistant to Streep’s icy editor in chief.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

Nobody survived and HMS Erebus's exact fate remained unknown until 2014, when its wreckage was uncovered in the icy waters of northern Canada.

From BBC • May 26, 2026

Pictures posted by climbers show a long line of people climbing up fixed ropes, queueing in the icy, low-oxygen high-altitude zones.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

On Jupiter, scientists think the storms may produce icy slush-like objects called "mushballs," formed when water and ammonia combine.

From Science Daily • May 21, 2026

She raced up the slope and rounded the boulder into the teeth of an icy north wind.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver