Sentence examples for hoarfrost from inspiring English sources
The word "hoarfrost" is correct and usable in written English
It is typically used to describe a type of frost that forms when water vapor freezes on cold surfaces, creating a white, feathery appearance. Example: "The landscape was transformed into a winter wonderland, with hoarfrost glistening on the trees and grass." Alternatives include "frost" or "rime."
noun
Dew-drops which have undergone deposition and frozen into ice crystals to form a white deposit on an exposed surface, when the air is cold and moist.
The occurrence of temperatures below 0° C (32° F) is not enough to guarantee the formation of hoarfrost.
In the absence of sufficient moisture, hoarfrost does not form, but the water in the tissues of plants may freeze, producing the condition known as black frost.
The immediate effect is lovely to behold: one morning, I was wandering around North GRIP at about five o'clock, and I saw the hoarfrost growing in lacy patterns underfoot.
At the base camp, Clottes bunked down, as did everyone, in a dorm room, and braved the morning hoarfrost for a dash to the communal showers.
Through tidal action, millions of herring eggs had been deposited on the beach — tiny, crystalline objects, which, as they clung to branches of fucus and other growth, seemed to cover the plants with glistening hoarfrost.
There was not a breath of wind, but every twig and branch bristled with spiky hoarfrost.
But the same decade also produced the ethereal "Hoarfrost" series made of photographic images printed on strips of gauzy fabric.
One wintery morning, a beautiful hoarfrost twinkling outside, Dad went through his ritual.
From nightly lectures I now have detailed notes (if not memorised knowledge) about hoarfrost, Prusik knots and the dangers of good weather.
There's even a Museum of Permafrost, a hoarfrost-encrusted institution that boasts the residence of the Russian Santa and serves vodka in shotglasses made of ice.
The piteous prisoner, hoarfrosted with many harsh years, was bound naked to an A-frame.
