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

“We can save something like 75% of the current ice up to the end of this century, but we have to act.”

From Scientific American • Aug. 21, 2023

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

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs