THAW in a Sentence
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29 example sentences for THAW, such as:
1. He had, in a manner, to thaw out, from the tomb.
2. Allow the meat to thaw properly before cooking it.
3. It's so cold the snow doesn't get a chance to thaw.
4. The spring thaw caused the river to deluge the region.
5. The arctic shore remains frozen until the summer thaw.
2. Allow the meat to thaw properly before cooking it.
3. It's so cold the snow doesn't get a chance to thaw.
4. The spring thaw caused the river to deluge the region.
5. The arctic shore remains frozen until the summer thaw.
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Meanings and Examples of THAW
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thaw
n. a relaxation or slackening of tensions or reserve; becoming less hostile
n. the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid
Classic Sentence: (22 in 2 pages)
1 Her wonder and his laughter ran together like spring rills in a thaw.
2 "Sit right down and thaw out," he greeted Ethan.
3 The sky, swollen with the clouds that announce a thaw, hung as low as before a summer storm.
4 A thaw which stripped the snow from the sidewalks; a ringing iron night when the lakes could be heard booming; a clear roistering morning.
5 The recent thaw had disclosed heaps of ashes, dog-bones, torn bedding, clotted paint-cans, all half covered by the icy pools which filled the hollows of the yards.
6 There had been a warm thaw all day, with mushy yards and little streams of dark water gurgling cheerfully into the streets out of old snow-banks.
7 There had been a heavy snow, and now a thaw had set in; fine sleety rain was falling, driven by a wind that pierced Jurgis to the bone.
8 The moon was set, and it was very dark; Bessie carried a lantern, whose light glanced on wet steps and gravel road sodden by a recent thaw.
9 At Wuthering Heights it always sounded on quiet days following a great thaw or a season of steady rain.
10 A thaw had set in, it was muddy and cold, the ice on the river broke, and the roads became impassable.
11 It was frosty and the air was sharp, but toward evening the sky became overcast and it began to thaw.
12 He had, in a manner, to thaw out, from the tomb.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 8: CHAPTER VII—IN WHICH WILL BE FOUND THE ORIGIN OF THE SAYI...
Context Highlight In BOOK 8: CHAPTER VII—IN WHICH WILL BE FOUND THE ORIGIN OF THE SAYI...
13 The snow was thawing in the sunshine, the horses galloped quickly, and on both sides of the road were forests of different kinds, fields, and villages.
14 It was thawing and misty; at forty paces' distance nothing could be seen.
15 Over the ploughland riding was utterly impossible; the horse could only keep a foothold where there was ice, and in the thawing furrows he sank deep in at each step.
Example Sentence:
1 Allow the meat to thaw properly before cooking it.
2 It's so cold the snow doesn't get a chance to thaw.
3 The spring thaw caused the river to deluge the region.
4 The arctic shore remains frozen until the summer thaw.
5 Now I feel by imperceptible signs, which I cannot yet interpret but will later, that his defiance is about to thaw.
6 The tipping point may begin to thaw if the global temperature has a rise of two degrees Celsius.
7 As was attested by a sheet of ice covering the causeway, where a little brooklet, now congealed, had overflowed after a rapid thaw some days since.