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verb

past tense of frost

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of frosted
Adjective
The Bear’s frosted window, de la Cruz adds, felt like a deliberate choice in a rougher area of the city. Thea Glassman, Architectural Digest, 27 June 2024 Over the decades, Pop-Tarts haven’t just come in frosted and unfrosted. Mariyam Muhammad, The Enquirer, 7 May 2024 For anyone wanting to make their pearly whites a tad more brighter, Dempsey recommends Bubble Pink, which has blue undertones, and for a full frosted lip, the shimmery Golden Pearl is more than ideal. Michelle Lee, Peoplemag, 12 Apr. 2024 On top of her cup was a frosted chick in a bed of grassy flowers. Antonia Debianchi, Peoplemag, 23 Mar. 2024 See All Example Sentences for frosted
Recent Examples of Synonyms for frosted
Adjective
  • Stir it into unsweetened iced tea to create your own strawberry Arnold Palmer.
    Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 June 2025
  • This best-selling set from Williams Sonoma is made for everyday use and can support anything from hot coffee to iced tea.
    Blake Bakkila, Architectural Digest, 17 June 2025
Verb
  • Not seeing his name on the list should have annoyed him.
    Stuart James, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
  • While typically a crowd at a concert might have been annoyed that the performer stopped the show to have a chat with a fan, the audience couldn’t have been more supportive and receptive.
    Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 4 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The budget cuts at major research universities keep piling up, as more federal funding is frozen or eliminated, enrollment of international students is threatened, and inflationary pressures continue.
    Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes.com, 19 June 2025
  • It is whipped cream elevated: frozen, then sliced into creamy slabs speckled with shards of sweet meringue and topped with a vibrant berry compote that captures the best of summer produce.
    Lynda Balslev, Mercury News, 18 June 2025
Adjective
  • Gibbons pressed hot and unheated probes to the antennas of various bees; a control group wasn’t touched at all.
    Shayla Love, The New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2025
  • Perhaps the most serious risk associated with eating unheated deli meat is the possibility of consuming meat that has been contaminated with listeria monocytogenes, the bacterium responsible for causing listeriosis infections, Seveau says.
    Caroline C. Boyle, USA TODAY, 20 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • With the exception of the Russell 2000, which gained 1%, none of the major indices bothered to get out of bed the day after Christmas.
    JJ Kinahan, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
  • In fact, if you can’t be bothered even to reach for the remote to select this new button, the latest firmware update will also automatically start playing the next episode after a countdown.
    John Archer, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Zimmerman's 9-year-old son Grant and other young trainers made sure their feathers wouldn't be ruffled by the spotlight.
    Molly Nagle, ABC News, 25 Nov. 2024
  • The decision to go with a site across the bay, rather than at stadiums in Clearwater or Dunedin, ruffled some Pinellas County feathers.
    Kathryn Varn, Axios, 19 Nov. 2024

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“Frosted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frosted. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.

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