Example Sentences

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The lion, which had been euthanized a year earlier, then kept in a freezer, was thawing nearby.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 8, 2017

Every single woman I talked to in downtown Washington on a hot, humid July afternoon was thawing out.

From Washington Post • Jul. 23, 2015

Many saw the transaction as a sign that the sector was thawing out.

From New York Times • Dec. 4, 2010

Yet even before De Gaulle fell last week, the Franco-American freeze was thawing.

From Time Magazine Archive

The cladding of frost on thorny branches was thawing and fat drops drip-drip-dripping.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell