Sentence examples for frozen thinking from inspiring English sources

Having never seen such a specimen before, the captain ordered it frozen, thinking some scientist might like to take a look.

You'd be frozen, thinking "I don't know if that's good enough," and just not do anything.

Other top threats identified by the committee include frozen thinking on the part of the industry, demonstrated by an unwillingness to recognize or adapt to the new realities of the marketplace, and environmentalists, a threat recently demonstrated by the draft Executive Order which would have banned wood pallets from use by the Federal Government.

I felt the spray on the back of my neck and froze, thinking that a very sick stranger had just sneezed on me.

I froze, thinking "What if that ball had hit his head?" I can assure you that if it had, my son would not be here today.

David acknowledges that he was "dispirited" after 2008 "when an ice age" settled on his party and froze thinking in place... but now there are signs that "the ice is cracking" as several party leaders are trying to think anew, like Kantor.

"That's good," I said, applauding Henri's Indian freeze, thinking that he would then thank me and we would get on with the interview.

"Don't be frozen into thinking that, 'Oh boy!

I gripped the frozen chains, thinking frostbite or a plunge into the depths was just ahead.

I thought about calling my mother, or taking a picture of it on my phone and e-mailing it to her, but I froze up thinking of her possible reply: if this was once my life, I'd rather not know.

He stands, "frozen with terror, thinking, They are going to kill me".