ice storm
a storm of freezing rain and widespread glaze formation.
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How to use ice storm in a sentence
That’s what she said, but Texas this year had freak snow and ice storms that left much of the state frozen without power for weeks, including Danielle’s house, so I think she did need the sweater but decided that I needed it more.
That was especially welcome news in Virginia, where utility crews continued working to restore service knocked out by a fierce ice storm last weekend.
Icy storm glazes region, making roads a mess | Fredrick Kunkle | February 19, 2021 | Washington PostThere may be snow lovers galore, but no one ever roots for an ice storm.
Ice storms: Inside wintertime’s dreaded, frozen mess | Jeffrey Halverson | December 2, 2020 | Washington PostIt’s only a matter of time before another ice storm wallops our region, and let’s all hope it will be on the mild end of the spectrum … because the ice is never nice!
Ice storms: Inside wintertime’s dreaded, frozen mess | Jeffrey Halverson | December 2, 2020 | Washington PostThis is the hallmark of our really bad, crippling ice storms.
Ice storms: Inside wintertime’s dreaded, frozen mess | Jeffrey Halverson | December 2, 2020 | Washington Post
The best way to prepare for an ice storm is to consider what emergency heat you have in case the electricity goes out.
Atlanta was caught cold by a freak ice storm last month, now the authorities are struggling to deal with another one.
On St. Patrick's Day in 1936 we had a very bad ice storm and the big trees in our front yard were hit hard.
The Biography of a Rabbit | Roy BensonHas no one told you what happened last March—on the day of the ice storm?
The Quickening | Francis LyndeA deposit of glaze on an extensive scale constitutes an ice storm.
Meteorology | Charles Fitzhugh TalmanAt Christmas an ice storm came, and after that the cold was bitter indeed.
I looked out the window and we had a six-inch ice storm and the oaks were stripped.
Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Forty-Second Annual Meeting | Northern Nut Growers Association
British Dictionary definitions for ice storm
mainly US a storm of freezing rain that deposits a glaze of ice on the ground
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