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No deaths were reported in the wrecks, but six deaths inside the five boroughs were blamed on the ice-cold weather that arrived shortly before the snow.—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 26 Jan. 2026 Southerners have worked the iconic chocolate-and-vanilla flavor into ice cream, fluff, brownies, and even layer cake, though there’s certainly a time and place for the nostalgic dunking of a cookie straight from the blue Oreo packaging into a glass of ice-cold milk.—Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 22 Jan. 2026 Its triple-insulated stainless steel construction keeps drinks ice-cold for up to 12 hours or hot for up to five.—Toni Sutton, PEOPLE, 17 Jan. 2026 Hot Spell Milwaukee Hot Spell specializes in hot and cold contrast—relax into the wood fire heat, then breathe deeply through an ice-cold plunge into Lake Michigan.—Julia Sayers Gokhale, Midwest Living, 9 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for ice-cold
Word History
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
Time Traveler
The first known use of ice-cold was
before the 12th century