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
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
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
