How to Use on ice in a Sentence
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Caissie tacked on a two-run homer in the ninth to put the game on ice.
—ABC News, 4 July 2026
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Like the way the girls made candy from tapping molasses trees, and letting syrup freeze on ice.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 23 July 2026
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Waiting and hoping was a crew that abandoned the ship and was forced to survive for months on ice floes.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 30 July 2026
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In his five games with the team, Nicholl scored a goal and was also 2-1 goals on ice at even strength.
—Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 28 June 2026
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Monaghan’s character is also getting back on her feet — on ice skates.
—Mara Santilli, Flow Space, 2 July 2026
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This brewtail served on ice with a sugar rim is the ultimate fair companion.
—Jess Fleming, Twin Cities, 21 July 2026
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These cooling flavors are made even more refreshing on ice and with the optional add of lime.
—Alex Erdekian, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Apr. 2020
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But Warren likely will keep his spot in the rotation with Fried on ice.
—Brendan Kuty, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026
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The Braves will have the Champagne on ice Sunday in the clubhouse.
—Chad Bishop, AJC.com, 20 Sep. 2026
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Joel Kiviranta, who was sixth in penalty kill time on ice among forwards, is also gone.
—Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 10 Sep. 2026
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Boycotts were threatened, and Disney put Kimmel on ice for what would be just a few days.
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2026
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Bomb Pops remain standard fare on ice cream trucks and are sold at many grocery stores, drug stores and convenience stores.
—Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 3 July 2026
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His eyes are open as the eyes of a fish, boned and gutted and laid out on ice, and where his throat used to be is a dark open welt, like a mouth underneath his real mouth.
—Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2026
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Vidal, in Woods Hole, had bags of DNA samples on ice, ready to be sequenced.
—James Dinneen, New Yorker, 13 Aug. 2026
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The precise wording of the bill, including the ethics provision, is still evolving but, for now, the formal legislative process is on ice.
—Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 24 July 2026
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And the applicant agreed to put the biggest chunk of the design — initially pitched as around 230 apartments on the property’s southern half — on ice.
—Mark Dee august 27, Idaho Statesman, 27 Aug. 2026
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Up to two temporary restraining orders could be granted before the coalition seeks a preliminary injunction, putting the deal on ice while it's sorted out in court.
—Lillian Rizzo, CNBC, 14 July 2026
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And when the chopper couldn’t fly due to weather, Jeff and Anat invited me on ice climbing and kite skiing (wind, not gravity, pulls you across the snow), excursions.
—Jen Murphy, Travel + Leisure, 20 July 2026
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Retailers like Whole Foods and Target have promotional pricing on ice cream products throughout the summer.
—Isabelle Labianco, CNN Money, 19 July 2026
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Accordingly, the company has put most of its AI models on ice, Amazon insiders told Bloomberg.
—Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 29 July 2026
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Not content with just one homer, Ramos launched a no-doubt, two-run shot in the bottom of the eighth to put the game on ice, a 434-foot blast that landed more than halfway up the left-field bleachers.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 7 July 2026
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There’s the famous falls, the honeymoon hotels and a viticultural focus on ice wine—a syrupy elixir produced in frigid temperatures (how Canadian).
—Kate Dingwall, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
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The department paid more than $29,000 on ice, fencing and flood prevention for the snow area and $23,000 on the drone show, the documents showed.
—Sacbee.com, 27 July 2026
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With almost 50 years in business, this spot is solely dedicated to providing only the freshest seafood, with fresh catch coming in on ice from Kirk Fish Company every day.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 4 Sep. 2026
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In the early stage of the trip, the twin-engine jets headed for Alaska and passed over Greenland, where an Airbus A400M support plane capable of landing on ice was stationed.
—Arkansas Online, 12 Sep. 2026
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But the exclamation point was a ridiculous, audacious display of athleticism by Higgins, who appeared to levitate in order to haul in an 18-yard pass from Burrow that essentially put the victory on ice.
—Zak Keefer, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2026
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In Canberra, budget cuts and bureaucracy, plus the creeping inevitability of World War I, steadily put the project on ice—and as the ice melted, Griffin was removed from the project altogether.
—Natalie Hoberman, Forbes.com, 18 July 2026
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The Ice Dart flips that problem, becoming – according to the team's new paper in IEEE Transactions on Field Robotics – the first drone able to perch on ice that steep and hold its position.
—New Atlas, 1 Sep. 2026
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Ice at a party doesn’t sound revolutionary today (think of how many tons of it that wedding at MSG must’ve used), but on this day in 1850, when waiters appeared carrying bottles of champagne on ice, guests—accustomed to warm wine—were astonished.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 July 2026
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As trade talks with Canada remain on ice, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick is set to travel to Mexico on Wednesday, according to Mexico’s trade minister.
—Steve Kopack, NBC news, 9 Sep. 2026
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