Examples of rime in a Sentence
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Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Jan. 2024
The heavy stream of precipitation at such high elevations means that water droplets soon freeze into thick ice called rime ice, which has to be knocked off manually and can take many hours to clear.
—Annie Vainshtein, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Mar. 2023
Soon the steam from my breath had pushed up to my eyelashes and forehead, creating bright white rime in my hair, eyelashes, and cheeks.
—Alli Harvey, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Dec. 2022
At the heart of Owens Lake, there is still water — it’s just super salty and capped by a mineral rime.
—Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 Oct. 2022
Chunks of ice, rime, and andesite peel off cliff bands and pelt climbers, especially in warm conditions.
—Outside Online, 29 May 2022
Experience soon established the prevalence of propeller-icing hazards and the extraordinary tenacity of rime-ice formations.
—Aubrey O. Cookman, Popular Mechanics, 9 Sep. 2021
In this case, each bit of rime sparked a new crystal to form.
—Leslie Nemo, Scientific American, 11 Feb. 2021
The shape formed when a long and skinny flake was hit with frozen water droplets called rime.
—Leslie Nemo, Scientific American, 11 Feb. 2021
Noun
The weather briefing included information about moderate icing between Carrizo Springs and Bridgeport and light rime ice between 4,000 and 6,000 feet in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, according to the report.
—Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Jan. 2024
The heavy stream of precipitation at such high elevations means that water droplets soon freeze into thick ice called rime ice, which has to be knocked off manually and can take many hours to clear.
—Annie Vainshtein, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Mar. 2023
Soon the steam from my breath had pushed up to my eyelashes and forehead, creating bright white rime in my hair, eyelashes, and cheeks.
—Alli Harvey, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Dec. 2022
At the heart of Owens Lake, there is still water — it’s just super salty and capped by a mineral rime.
—Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 Oct. 2022
Chunks of ice, rime, and andesite peel off cliff bands and pelt climbers, especially in warm conditions.
—Outside Online, 29 May 2022
Experience soon established the prevalence of propeller-icing hazards and the extraordinary tenacity of rime-ice formations.
—Aubrey O. Cookman, Popular Mechanics, 9 Sep. 2021
In this case, each bit of rime sparked a new crystal to form.
—Leslie Nemo, Scientific American, 11 Feb. 2021
The shape formed when a long and skinny flake was hit with frozen water droplets called rime.
—Leslie Nemo, Scientific American, 11 Feb. 2021
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“Rime.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rime. Accessed 21 Oct. 2024.
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