How to Use ice storm in a Sentence

ice storm

noun
  • The ice storm in Texas left some parts of the states in the dark for over a week.
    Paul A. Eisenstein, NBC News, 18 May 2021
  • The great ice storm of 2009 bent the tree almost to the ground, the benefactor said.
    Lisa Thompson, Arkansas Online, 25 Dec. 2021
  • Four years ago, an ice storm did what Ike couldn’t and brought down the tree.
    Chris Chase, For The Win, 5 Apr. 2018
  • At some point in the movie there’s an ice storm: That’s a real one.
    Giorgia Guglielmi, Science | AAAS, 15 Dec. 2017
  • The most damaging side of this storm could be the ice storm.
    NBC News, 23 Feb. 2022
  • The former is a stinging ice storm; the latter is a warm bath.
    Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com, 9 May 2018
  • There was an ice storm that forced stores to close early on a Black Friday in the 1990s.
    Maria Halkias, Dallas News, 2 June 2020
  • The area was highly disturbed during the ice storm of 2021.
    oregonlive, 15 May 2022
  • At the time it was called 'The worst ice storm in Duluth's history'.
    Star Tribune, 3 Mar. 2021
  • The ice storm was so bad, falling pieces punched holes in the roof of the Blue Jays' domed stadium.
    Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 16 Apr. 2018
  • The roof in her bathroom had caved in from an ice storm, and a trash bag covered the opening.
    Haeven Gibbons, Dallas News, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Winter storm alerts are in place from the Southern Plains to the Northeast for the second snow and ice storm of the week.
    Star Tribune, 17 Feb. 2021
  • Some lined up at area stores to stock up on basics before the ice storm hits.
    oregonlive, 21 Dec. 2022
  • An ice storm warning is in place for parts of the coastal Carolinas.
    Janice Dean, Fox News, 21 Jan. 2022
  • The weather will be dry for most of those states impacted by Zeta and the ice storm.
    Allison Chinchar, CNN, 31 Oct. 2020
  • The next day, a brutal snow and ice storm would knock out power for nearly 48 hours.
    USA Today, 7 Mar. 2021
  • The biggest impact will be in the South, where a crippling ice storm is likely.
    Jennifer Gray, CNN, 1 Feb. 2022
  • Next came an ice storm that hit Austin in February 2021.
    Josh Gabert-Doyon, The New Republic, 29 Aug. 2023
  • Is this because the cell structure of their limbs may have been damaged during the ice storm?
    oregonlive, 30 May 2021
  • Instead, snow and ice storms canceled more than 300 flights.
    Hollace Ava Weiner, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Jan. 2024
  • An ice storm had left the roads in Memphis treacherous.
    Rick Rojas, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2023
  • The tree was damaged by the February ice storm and one of the four main branching sections split off.
    oregonlive, 9 May 2021
  • The closings come a day after an ice storm caused slick roads and delayed flights in the Kansas City area.
    Robert A. Cronkleton, kansascity, 21 Feb. 2018
  • In the winter, an ice storm collapsed patio rooftops throughout the city.
    oregonlive, 14 July 2021
  • Much of Michigan is expected to be hit by a snow and ice storm this weekend.
    Todd Spangler, Detroit Free Press, 13 Apr. 2018
  • The day after the ice storm, Washington observed one of its most frigid days on record, with a high of 8 degrees and low of -4.
    Washington Post, 2 Dec. 2020
  • Grocery store shelves had already been picked bare thanks to the ice storm, and bottled water was scarce.
    Washington Post, 2 Mar. 2021
  • This is only an ice storm, and the city is almost paralyzed.
    Alyssa Fernandez, Dallas News, 14 Feb. 2021
  • Shortly after Meatball gave birth, a rare ice storm hit, filling the dogs' den with hail and sludge.
    Angelica Stabile, Fox News, 2 July 2023
  • This nor'easter comes on the heals of an ice storm last week and also a wind storm over the weekend, making the potential damage all the more daunting.
    Tovia Smith, NPR, 3 Apr. 2024

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