Example Sentences

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Geologic studies confirmed Alberti’s hypothesis: Rifugio Casati sat on permafrost-rich soil that warming temperatures were thawing.

From Scientific American • Apr. 3, 2023

By 8:00 a.m. on Tuesday, coffee was bubbling in an urn, and more than a dozen coyotes were thawing on a gray tarp.

From Salon • Jan. 12, 2022

The Sun named Parks Moscow bureau chief in 1972 when Cold War tensions between the U.S. and the Soviet Union were thawing.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 10, 2022

Since Morey’s tweet, there have been a few signs that tensions between the N.B.A. and the Chinese government were thawing.

From New York Times • Oct. 21, 2021

With the melting of the last of the twilight there grew a kind of expectancy and tension, as though it were thawing snow about to slide from a sloping roof.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams