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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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Since then, the orbiter has set out to study Martian clouds, fog and frost while mapping the surface to pave the way for future crewed landings.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
18 June 2025
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This can also happen due to a heatwave or frost (or because your plant only flowers during a specific season).—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
17 June 2025
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“Hoarfrost.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hoarfrost. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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