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How to use freeze in a sentence

40 example sentences · verb, noun

Freeze means especially of a liquid, to become solid due to low temperature. Example: “The lake froze solid.”

Examples of freeze by meaning

verbEspecially of a liquid, to become solid due to low temperature.

  • The lake froze solid.
  • He got to Dawson before the river froze, and now I suppose I won't hear any more until spring.1913 June, Willa Sibert Cather, “Winter Memories”, in O Pioneers!, Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Houghton Mifflin Company […], →OCLC

verbTo lower something's temperature to the point that it freezes or becomes hard.

  • Don't freeze meat twice.

verbTo drop to a temperature below zero degrees celsius, where water turns to ice.

  • It didn't freeze this winter, but last winter was very harsh.

verbTo be affected by extreme cold.

  • It's freezing in here!
  • Don't go outside wearing just a t-shirt; you'll freeze!

verbOf a machine or system, to come to a sudden halt, to stop working (functioning).

  • Since the last update, the program freezes after a few minutes of use.

verbOf a person or other animal, to stop (become motionless) or be stopped due to attentiveness, fear, surprise, etc.

  • Despite all of the rehearsals, I froze as soon as I got on stage.
  • As Tarzan rose upon the body of his kill to scream forth his hideous victory cry into the face of the moon the wind carried to his nostrils something which froze him to statuesque immobility and silence.1916, Edgar Rice Burroughs, chapter III, in Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar
  • They froze on their knees, their faces turned upward with a ghastly blue hue in the sudden glare of a weird light that burst blindingly up near the lofty roof and then burned with a throbbing glow.1935, Robert E. Howard, chapter IV, in Jewels of Gwahlur

verbTo cause someone to become motionless.

  • Dr Constantine sniggered and Mrs Hubbard immediately froze him with a glance.1934, Agatha Christie, chapter 4, in Murder on the Orient Express, London: HarperCollins, published 2017, page 102

verbTo lose or cause to lose warmth of feeling; to shut out; to ostracize.

  • Over time, he froze towards her, and ceased to react to her friendly advances.
  • His friends begin to freeze towards him, the pillars of society cut him publicly, his clients cool off, big business deals no longer come his way, he is increasingly conscious of social ostracism and the puzzled misgivings of his wife.1968, Ronald Victor Sampson, The Psychology of Power, page 134
  • If you cheat them, they don't say anything but after that they freeze towards you.1988, Edward Holland Spicer, Kathleen M. Sands, Rosamond B. Spicer, People of Pascua, page 37

More sentences with freeze

  • A liquid can freeze to become a solid or evaporate into a gas.From the entry liquid
  • Just plant a few tomatoes, unless you can freeze or dry them.From the entry just
  • The system froze because the buggy program got into an infinite loop and didn't yield.From the entry yield
  • On cold days, glacial acetic acid will freeze in the bottle.From the entry glacial
  • Don't even touch that pump handle — it's freezing cold and your skin might freeze against it.From the entry freezing cold
  • After finding out her horrible secret, the son froze his mother out of his life.From the entry freeze out
  • If something you freeze becomes frozen, does that mean something you squeeze becomes squozen?From the entry squozen
  • Since the last update, the program freezes up after a few minutes of use.From the entry freeze up
  • Despite all of the rehearsals, as soon as I got on stage I froze up.From the entry freeze up
  • Without any antifreeze in the coolant, the coolant froze, causing the engine block to crack.From the entry engine block
  • I'm gonna freeze on to your money until you make this right.From the entry freeze on to
  • When the three friends heard someone behind them yell, "police, freeze!" they each rabbited in a different direction.From the entry rabbit
  • Water freezes at 0°C, which is below typical room temperature.From the entry room temperature
  • The frosty beverage gave him a brain freeze.From the entry frosty
  • The lake in the park freezes over every winter.From the entry freeze over
  • He froze to her as soon as they met.From the entry freeze to
  • Mud froze on the road in a solid sheet, then more rain froze into a sheet of ice on top of the mud!From the entry sheet
  • Instead of aiding memory, it froze my curiosity into static categories.2025 June 17, Joan Westenberg, “I Deleted My Second Brain”, in A newsletter about tech + philosophy, archived from the original on 28 Jun…. From the entry second brain
  • Too much ice or fire enchantment and you freeze or cook yourself.2019, Alexander Guinn, Eternal Knights of Eden II: Angels Fall, page 325. From the entry overenchant
  • The muffins can be frozen if unfrosted, but do not freeze the frosting.2017, Maria Emmerich, Keto Comfort Foods, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 58. From the entry muffin
  • Soon the forest is all asniffle, and many tears freeze to the points of many noses.2016, Gina Ochsner, The Hidden Letters of Velta B., page 20. From the entry asniffle
  • Freeze them and reheat them for a perfect any time snack.2013, Alain Braux, Paleo French Cuisine, page 109. From the entry anytime
  • The guy would freeze his arm if he thought he could make a nice bourguignon with it.2013, Lisa O'Donnell, The Death of Bees, page 126. From the entry bourguignon
  • I am a freeze baby, cold and I do not blend well at all.2013, Alisha Groothousen, The Intriguing Side of Art, →ISBN, page 257. From the entry freeze baby
  • Saugstad’s pinwheeling body would freeze into whatever position it was in the moment the snow stopped.2012 December 26, John Branch, “Snow Fall: The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times…. From the entry pinwheel
  • They reckon the lake could freeze over again if this weather gets worse.'2012, Craig Robertson, Cold Grave, →ISBN. From the entry baltic

Meaning of freeze

  1. verb Especially of a liquid, to become solid due to low temperature.
  2. verb To lower something's temperature to the point that it freezes or becomes hard.
  3. verb To drop to a temperature below zero degrees celsius, where water turns to ice.

Full definition of freeze

Questions about freeze in a sentence

How do you use freeze in a sentence?
Freeze is used as a verb and noun. For example: “The lake froze solid.”
What is a short sentence with freeze?
“Don't freeze meat twice.”
What does freeze mean?
Freeze means especially of a liquid, to become solid due to low temperature.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: freeze (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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