ice
noun
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
were icing
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past progressiveof ice.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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The next couple of days were icing on the cake.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 23, 2021
The tax benefits were icing on the cake.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 21, 2017
“Chicago’s a good measuring stick but we were down on what we thought were icing calls,” Trotz said.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 29, 2016
The walls of the little engine house were icing up, the spray was freezing on his moustache—surely a proper night for a man's enemy to be lost.
From Wide Courses by James B. (James Brendan) Connolly
It was much worse than they'd expected; the cloud was thick, and the airplanes were icing up fast.
From The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects by Edward J. Ruppelt
