icy

Example Sentences

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Not only has a slew of HR complaints tempered her icy remarks, but slashed budgets and declining readership have forced her hand.

From Salon • May 6, 2026

IKATEQ, Greenland—Deep in a remote fjord in Greenland, hundreds of rusty fuel drums known locally as “American flowers” litter the icy wilderness.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

With her sharp features, geometric haircut and form-fitting black ensembles, she’s a Bond villain minus the martial arts skills — icy but with a flicker of feeling, which makes her interesting.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

Hydrothermal activity is believed to exist on the ocean floors of icy moons such as Jupiter's Europa and Saturn's Enceladus.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

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

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver