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icier

  • comparative of icy.

Example Sentences

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What killed in Austin drew a decidedly icier reception in Boston.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

But as harp seals move north to colder, icier habitats, such as off Baffin Island, they may face a new threat: polar bears.

From National Geographic • Jan. 23, 2024

In more frigid and icier environments, they depended more on animals and fish.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

In New York City, where the snowfall totals ranged widely — four inches on Staten Island, 8.3 inches in Manhattan, 13.1 inches in Queens — life was largely back to normal on Sunday, if icier.

From New York Times • Jan. 30, 2022

His palm grew icier and icier, until—plunkl— an almost imperceptible whisper of a noise escaped from the jar, and the Owners feet dropped—clonk!—to the ground.

From "A Tangle of Knots" by Lisa Graff