Example Sentences

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“My hair was short, so when I grew it out I had frosted tips for a couple months.”

From New York Times • Feb. 10, 2022

In the morning, my breath had frosted over the inside of the windows and the field was covered with a pall of wet snow.

From The Guardian • Oct. 30, 2019

The decades had frosted his dark hair gray and thickened his waistline.

From Washington Times • Feb. 7, 2016

By the time I saw the library, I think my face had frosted to ice.

From "Orbiting Jupiter" by Gary D. Schmidt

I think it had been a bathroom back in the holiday camp days, because the only window had frosted glass and was really high up near the ceiling.

From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro