ice up

Example Sentences

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"Batteries lose charge faster, the cameras and wires freeze, they just ice up."

From Barron's • Feb. 16, 2026

"Initially, we had hoped to find ice up to 3 million years old, or maybe a little older, but this discovery has far exceeded our expectations."

From Science Daily • Nov. 5, 2025

But Isak says “the most challenging ocean crossing of my life” was the long stint around Greenland through thick fog and ice up the Davis Strait.

From BBC • Aug. 25, 2024

The idea is that our planet was once wholly encased in ice up to a kilometer thick around 650–700 million years ago.

From Scientific American • Sep. 24, 2021

He walked back from the smooth ice, up the riverbank side, counting fifty steps out loud as he went along.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el