Example Sentences

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Prosecutor Richard Wright QC said temperatures would have been "freezing" that night and Ms Squire would have been "extremely vulnerable".

From BBC • Jan. 12, 2021

"Whoever this poor couple were, they were in there for a long time - close to two hours. The water must have been freezing," said Mr Emmerson.

From BBC • Dec. 24, 2020

The boat was tearing along at about 30 knots headed downwind, and by all rights I should have been freezing my keister off.

From Time Magazine Archive

Mitraillette, who gave me her pullover, must have been freezing with only that frilly blouse under her coat.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein

I don't know who is to blame; I have done my part, and have been freezing all the evening for my pains.

From Words of Cheer for the Tempted, the Toiling, and the Sorrowing by Arthur, T. S. (Timothy Shay)