icicle

Example Sentences

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The next morning, with a quick flip upside down, Epperson had a sweet icicle with a built-in handle, which he dubbed the Epsicle.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

It's being coined the "icicle kick" - the stunning bicycle kick that lit up the Canadian Premier League final.

From BBC • Nov. 10, 2025

The movie can’t convey her interiority or her eccentricity to the degree that the novel’s first-person chronicle did; here, the recurring significance of a falling icicle, while suggestive, never entirely registers.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 30, 2023

Ice is rigid and brittle — it would be astonishing to bend an icicle around a softball and have it spring back to its original straight shape.

From New York Times • Jul. 8, 2021

An icicle chill shot up her spine, but Akira forced herself to wade deeper into the chilly water.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz