icicle

Example Sentences

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In the distance, at the back of the stage, a wall glows with wisps and slivers of light in formations evoking icicles or feathery cobwebs.

From New York Times

Come winter, scores of guests at the hot spring pool and spa facility defy gravity, turning their hair into upward-facing icicles.

From Washington Post

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

The ice on the trees was peculiar — it was only on the northern side of the branches and resembled miniature patches of toothpick-size icicles.

From Washington Post

He spreads frost on the earth like salt, and icicles form like pointed stakes.

From Washington Times