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frosted

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verb

past tense of frost

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of frosted
Adjective
Choose from clear and frosted styles. ABC News, 1 May 2026 Juan used to be confined to a different room in the facility that had a frosted window with a small patch scratched out at the bottom, just big enough for his eye to peek through. Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 26 Apr. 2026
Verb
Serve your cake or cupcakes frosted with cream cheese frosting at room temperature for the best taste and texture. Molly Allen, Southern Living, 19 Feb. 2026 The moviegoers were treated to buckets of popcorn and sugar cookies frosted with the first lady’s name. Lila Shroff, The Atlantic, 27 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for frosted
Recent Examples of Synonyms for frosted
Adjective
  • Somewhere in the chaos, a stylist balances an iced latte, three phones and a couture gown worth more than a Riviera apartment.
    Melinda Sheckells, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2026
  • Alongside water, 14 misting stations will be installed, with iced towels given at the post-finish walk-off.
    Amethyst Martinez, USA Today, 15 May 2026
Verb
  • Weston Richey, a 25-year-old Texan photographer with whom Kyra seemed to be perturbed, pulled her for a chat to try to figure out why she was annoyed with him.
    Anna Peele, Vulture, 20 May 2026
  • Frankly, at the end of it all, everyone had good reason to be annoyed.
    Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 18 May 2026
Adjective
  • In a statement posted on Facebook on Friday morning, Garden Grove Mayor Stephanie Klopfenstein said crews had a setback when the valve to one tank became frozen and pumps were affected because of water that was being poured on the tanks to keep them cool.
    Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2026
  • This 5-ingredient casserole features convenient, frozen hash brown potatoes, a can of sloppy joe sauce, and can of chili.
    Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 22 May 2026
Verb
  • When Riley returned to the table, La La told me that his high profile in the city sometimes bugged her, because fans were always interrupting them, even sitting down at their table.
    Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 17 May 2026
  • Upon arriving at big-league camp this spring, Rojas said the different grip initially bugged him.
    Dan Hayes, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • The full buckets go into refrigerated trucks until the olives are picked over for stems, cleaned with fresh water, ground, extracted into oil using a centrifuge, then filtered.
    Anne Byrn, Southern Living, 11 May 2026
  • Many refrigerated medicines spoil when the power goes out.
    The Week US, TheWeek, 20 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Some highbrow writers had a right to be irritated by the concept of chick lit, though that wasn’t the fault of chick lit authors themselves.
    Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 4 May 2026
  • His last-minute, mixmaster approach to closing out the transit negotiations irritated several participants, but the end result was a fiscally responsible and transformative restructuring of mass transit in northern Illinois.
    David Greising, Chicago Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • On this bitter, winter night G is searching for momentary shelter in B’s unheated apartment.
    Christopher Smith, Oc Register, 13 May 2026
  • But the attraction had not opened by April when Inside Climate News reported animals were kept in small cages and died in an unheated warehouse run by the International Drive business, which is now not operating.
    Cristóbal Reyes, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 May 2026
Verb
  • The Vedder Cup is a tongue-in-cheek attempt to pair the Padres and Mariners as rivals despite the two teams not having much reason to get all hot and bothered about a series.
    Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 May 2026
  • He has since been elected to the state Senate twice, in one of Iowa’s bluest areas; both times, no Republican bothered to run.
    Amy Davidson Sorkin, New Yorker, 17 May 2026

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“Frosted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frosted. Accessed 24 May. 2026.

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