Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Preterit of freeze.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • imp. of freeze.

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  • verb Simple past of freeze.

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Examples

  • “They look like—” His expression froze and he looked from Caitlyn to MacLean, then back to the map upon the table.

    The Laird Who Loved Me Karen Hawkins 2009

  • “They look like—” His expression froze and he looked from Caitlyn to MacLean, then back to the map upon the table.

    The Laird Who Loved Me Karen Hawkins 2009

  • “They look like—” His expression froze and he looked from Caitlyn to MacLean, then back to the map upon the table.

    The Laird Who Loved Me Karen Hawkins 2009

  • Her expression froze into a kind of stiffness when she found herself looking into the almond-shaped eyes of Rachel Goldman.

    Silver Wings, Santiago Blue Janet Dailey 1984

  • Her expression froze into a kind of stiffness when she found herself looking into the almond-shaped eyes of Rachel Goldman.

    Silver Wings, Santiago Blue Janet Dailey 1984

  • Her expression froze into a kind of stiffness when she found herself looking into the almond-shaped eyes of Rachel Goldman.

    Silver Wings, Santiago Blue Janet Dailey 1984

  • Her expression froze into a kind of stiffness when she found herself looking into the almond-shaped eyes of Rachel Goldman.

    Silver Wings, Santiago Blue Janet Dailey 1984

  • Her expression froze, first with a glimmer of delight and then quickly with a look of annoyance.

    Unfinished Symphony V.C. Andrews® 1997

  • Her expression froze, first with a glimmer of delight and then quickly with a look of annoyance.

    Unfinished Symphony V.C. Andrews® 1997

  • My brain froze, the shrill of cicada faded, and my senses vanished.

    Osamu Shimomura - Autobiography 2009

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