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

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

This drastic reduction followed decades of steady growth in sea ice up to 2015, making the sudden decline even more surprising.

From Science Daily • May 20, 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

It was crouched on the floor, encased in ice up to its ink-black eyeballs.

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs