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Recent Examples of hoarfrost
The cave walls shimmer with hoarfrost, delicate ice filaments that resemble an intricate frozen lacework.
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Scott Travers, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
From a reading delivered in November in Richmond, Virginia.
e began to figure it out on day eleven or twelve of the seven-day trip, the slate and obsidian waves rolling under our stern, the crispy hoarfrost of whitecap foam seeding in our beards, the wind spitting ice in our eyes.
—Mark Richard, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
Nearby, hoarfrost shimmered on hemlock branches, a bear cub peered out from a hole in the snow, and a sudden, terrifying silence echoed in the ears of the man’s ski partners.
—Caroline Van Hemert, Outside Online, 11 Aug. 2021
The hoarfrost in the subzero temperatures lifted a clean, white layer into the air that sparkled in the low sun.
—Alli Harvey, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Dec. 2019
Scott Travers, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
From a reading delivered in November in Richmond, Virginia.
e began to figure it out on day eleven or twelve of the seven-day trip, the slate and obsidian waves rolling under our stern, the crispy hoarfrost of whitecap foam seeding in our beards, the wind spitting ice in our eyes.
—Mark Richard, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
Nearby, hoarfrost shimmered on hemlock branches, a bear cub peered out from a hole in the snow, and a sudden, terrifying silence echoed in the ears of the man’s ski partners.
—Caroline Van Hemert, Outside Online, 11 Aug. 2021
The hoarfrost in the subzero temperatures lifted a clean, white layer into the air that sparkled in the low sun.
—Alli Harvey, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Dec. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hoarfrost
frost
Noun
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The cutoff for planting cool-season grass is 6 weeks before the average first fall frost.—
Megan Hughes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
25 Oct. 2025
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Add the scotch and Calvados and some crushed ice, and stir about 10 to 15 seconds, until a small frost begins to show on the outside of the mug.—
Jeremy Repanich,
Robb Report,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Hoarfrost.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hoarfrost. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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