freeze
verb (used without object)
to become hardened into ice or into a solid body; change from the liquid to the solid state by loss of heat.
are freezing
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present progressiveof freeze.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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"We need priorities for hospitals, schools anything like that but we've also got people out in the countryside who are freezing to death, I'm sad to say," he said.
From BBC ● Dec. 10, 2024
It comes as a record number of people are freezing their eggs.
From BBC ● Mar. 12, 2024
Both sides have announced they are freezing the talks.
From Reuters ● Sep. 19, 2023
“They have suffered from lack of oxygen, their clothes are wet, they are freezing, and obviously haven’t eaten for days,” Medzhidiev said.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 17, 2023
She looks at me like winter has inched through the house and we are freezing from the inside out.
From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman
