How to Use icy cold in a Sentence
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The Wave’s icy cold slide tower will be open from 1 to 3 p.m. for free.
— Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Dec. 2023 -
Clark stood for a long time in the lot, wearing a gray T-shirt and vest in the icy cold wind.
— Emily Goodykoontz, Anchorage Daily News, 2 May 2023 -
Glass shelves are sturdy, easy to clean, and see-through, which is a bonus when searching for icy cold food.
— Maya Polton, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Mar. 2023 -
Just add hot coffee, swirl and icy cold coffee comes out.
— Nicole Papantoniou, Good Housekeeping, 27 July 2023 -
Start with icy cold raw oysters and make sure to order either the signature prime rib or a 45-day aged rib-eye.
— Usa Today Network, USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2024 -
The Great Lake invites sunbathers; Lacus' beaches, almost ten times further from the sun, are icy cold.
— Joseph Calamia, Discover Magazine, 27 July 2010 -
Over the course of just a few days, western Canada — plagued by a record-setting wildfire season — saw its weather morph from fiery heat to icy cold.
— Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 20 June 2023 -
The top compartment holds non-perishables safe and sound, while the bottom cooler section keeps food and drinks icy cold.
— Haley Lyndes, Travel + Leisure, 29 June 2023 -
There is also a closet reimagined as a full bar, from which the bartender hands you a vintage crystal tumbler filled with the house drink, Earl Grey Bourbon Punch, icy cold.
— Bebe Howorth, ELLE Decor, 18 Aug. 2023 -
There are those who jump into the pool and immediately go into shock in the icy cold water (which averages about 37 degrees) and there are those jump into the pool and miss.
— oregonlive, 21 July 2023 -
The cold water plunge: Effects on the brain and body Ice baths have long been a staple recovery mechanism for athletes; the icy cold water numbs pain and can soothe muscle and joint tightness.
— Byalexa Mikhail, Fortune Well, 3 July 2023 -
That quick-footed, old-eyed gentleman with the wife in a lynx coat, grabbing a cab on Sixth Avenue to go uptown after a gala, leaves behind an old Purple Heart soldier with his broken leg in a cast who may sleep on a grate tonight in the icy cold.
— Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 21 Feb. 2023 -
In fact, thicker socks tend to make your feet sweat more — and that perspiration quickly becomes your worst enemy by causing friction that leads to blisters and turning your feet icy cold in lower temperatures.
— Todd Plummer, Travel + Leisure, 22 Feb. 2023 -
When conditions are icy cold, Stamstad alternates between two veteran underlayers that he’s owned for years.
— Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 15 Feb. 2023
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