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How to use ice in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, verb

Ice means water in frozen (solid) form. Example: “He said, “Where we’re at right now was back in 2008 all covered with ice. From here to there at the side, the glacier shrank about 20 to 30 meters.””

Examples of ice by meaning

nounWater in frozen (solid) form.

  • He said, “Where we’re at right now was back in 2008 all covered with ice. From here to there at the side, the glacier shrank about 20 to 30 meters.”
  • Of all the transitions brought about on the Earth’s surface by temperature change, the melting of ice into water is the starkest.2013 May 11, “The climate of Tibet: Pole-land”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8835, page 80

nounAny volatile chemical, such as water, ammonia, or carbon dioxide, not necessarily in solid form, when discussing the...

  • Above the core is the lower-density liquid mantle composed of ice materials under high pressure and temperature.2010 March 15, Lance K. Erickson, Space Flight: History, Technology, and Operations, Government Institutes, →ISBN, page 145
  • The commonly used term "ice mantle" is someone misleading, since the substance is actually a hot, slushy mixture that would be more aptly described as a water–ammonia ocean.2010 December 2, Raymond T. Pierrehumbert, Principles of Planetary Climate, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 20

nounSomething having an extreme coldness of manner.

  • a heart of ice
  • Her eyes flash with anger, her voice ice.2023 January 27, Gay Degani, “Scablands”, in The Saturday Evening Post, Indianapolis, I.N.: Saturday Evening Post Society, →ISSN, →OCLC...

nounSomething, such as awkwardness, that prevents open social interaction.

  • break the ice
  • "There's no question that there's ice to begin with," said Lance Bradley, who conducts the raps for Chelsea's Tenth Precinct.1982 February 6, Bob Nelson, “'Rocky Relations' in New York Getting Smoother”, in Gay Community News, volume 9, number 28, page 3

nounIcing; frosting ("a sweet, often creamy and thick glaze made primarily of sugar").

  • The wee square Albert cake with ice on it, fruit cake.1990, Jean Faley, quoting John McKee, Up Oor Close: Memories of Domestic Life in Glasgow Tenements, 1910–1945, Wendlebury, Oxon: White...

nounIce cream.

  • They exude a naive zest: coatings of detail, poured like thick chocolate sauce over a mingy scoop of vanilla ice, distract attention, criticism, distrust.1973 June 9, Peter Preston, “Frederick Forsyth interview: ‘I’ve always been a loner’ – archive, 1973”, in The Guardian, London: Guardian...
  • The peach melba, probably the most famous sundae of all, is a sound marriage of poached peaches, vanilla ice and raspberry sauce.2008 August 2, Nigel Slater, “Sundae best”, in The Observer, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16...

nounMoney paid as a bribe.

  • Theater operators, theater party agents, playwrights, and others who have ready access to tickets may get in on the “ice” and sometimes the producer is in on it too.1960, United States. Congress, Congressional Record

nounOne or more diamonds.

  • Ice on the wrist with the ice in the chains.2005, “Stay Fly”, in Jordan Houston, Darnell Carlton, Paul Beauregard, Premro Smith, Marlon Goodwin, David Brown, Willie Hutchinson...
  • As she raised her left hand to get the crust out of her eye, she was blinded by the ice on her ring finger.2014 September 1, Keisha Ervin, Reckless 2: Nobody's Girl, Urban Books, →ISBN

More sentences with ice

  • Have you reached the boss at the end of the ice world?From the entry world
  • The drive this morning was awful due to snow and ice.From the entry drive
  • I floated the idea of free ice cream on Fridays, but no one was interested.From the entry float
  • I don't consider anything other than root-beer with vanilla ice cream to be a "real" float.From the entry float
  • Other devices measure water flow in streams fed by melted ice.From the entry flow
  • Wang notes that flowers have rooted and grow in the area once covered with ice.From the entry once
  • US stadiums are packed in the winter to see ice hockey.From the entry hockey
  • I had a slip on the ice and bruised my hip.From the entry slip
  • Due to frequent arctic travel, the plane was equipped with long skids for snow and ice landings.From the entry skid
  • Pat crushed up a package of birthday cake Oreos and sprinkled them over birthday cake ice cream.From the entry birthday cake
  • My arm is still black and blue from slipping on the ice yesterday.From the entry black and blue
  • I like my whisky neat, so you have no need for ice at all.From the entry neat
  • Traffic accidents spiked in December when there was ice on the roads.From the entry spike
  • Would you like it with ice? Certainly, and with lemon please.From the entry certainly
  • The car slid on the ice and veered out of control.From the entry veer
  • The sledge ran far better upon the ice; I cannot say the same for the dogs.From the entry sledge
  • Some ice cold lemonade would hit the spot on a warm afternoon.From the entry hit the spot
  • The freezing rain covered our windshield with ice and we couldn't see a thing.From the entry windshield
  • His ears perked up when he heard there would be ice cream.From the entry perk up
  • If this hot weather continues, we will run out of ice cream.From the entry run out
  • I can't make up my mind whether to have ice cream or cake.From the entry make up one's mind
  • They were looking for some measuring equipment they had placed in the ice earlier.From the entry earlier
  • Our pudding a la mode has a scoop of vanilla ice cream on top.From the entry a la mode
  • We bought some ice cream cones from the ice cream van in the park.From the entry ice cream cone
  • They served a pretty skimpy portion of ice cream as the free birthday dessert.From the entry skimpy
  • We're putting the new software features on ice until we can fix the existing bugs.From the entry on ice

Meaning of ice

  1. noun Water in frozen (solid) form.
  2. noun Any frozen volatile chemical, such as ammonia or carbon dioxide.
  3. noun Any volatile chemical, such as water, ammonia, or carbon dioxide, not necessarily in solid form, when discussing the composition of e.g. a planet as an ice giant vs a gas giant.

Full definition of ice

Questions about ice in a sentence

How do you use ice in a sentence?
Ice is used as a noun and verb. For example: “He said, “Where we’re at right now was back in 2008 all covered with ice. From here to there at the side, the glacier shrank about 20 to 30 meters.””
What is a short sentence with ice?
“break the ice”
What does ice mean?
Ice means water in frozen (solid) form.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: ice (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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