Sentence examples for freeze over from inspiring English sources

'freeze over' is correct and can be used in written English.
It is an idiomatic expression that is used to describe a situation in which something is coated or covered with ice or frozen solid. Example: "After a long, bitterly cold winter, the lake had finally frozen over."

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freeze over

verb

To freeze on the surface.

  • The lake in the park freezes over every winter.

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"Hell might freeze over now".

It does not freeze over during warmer winters.

So you never know, hell might freeze over".

"Hell would have to freeze over before you couldn't get me on that stage.

The chancellor needed to say that hell would freeze over before the rest of the UK would agree.

Slower poollike reaches may freeze over, while more rapidly flowing reaches may remain open well into the winter.

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And hell froze over.

Then, that October, the lakes froze over.

Even Hell, Mich., froze over.

In 2006, hell froze over.

Padstow harbour in north Cornwall froze over.

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