freezing
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- freezingly adverb
Etymology
Origin of freezing
Example Sentences
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That year an unusual form of the influenza B virus started circulating and the 'beast from the east' cold snap bought freezing temperatures to the UK, creating the ideal environment for the disease to spread.
From BBC
A small commercial passenger plane goes missing in freezing, windy conditions over the Bering Sea.
Agency for International Development, freezing thousands of programs, including ones that provided food, water and medicine around the world.
From Salon
"Pain is an extremely efficient means for perceiving damage to the body and to indicate the associated threat to its continued life. This often triggers a survival response, such as fleeing or freezing."
From Science Daily
"I remember the milk bottles freezing with a column of ice," said Mr Currie, who went on to become a weather forecaster, author and editor of Weather Eye magazine.
From BBC
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