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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
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
  • Wongso was accused of slipping cyanide into the friend's iced Vietnamese coffee at an upscale café in Jan. 2016 in Jakarta, Indonesia, per the New York Times.
    Christine Pelisek, People.com, 10 June 2025
  • Instead of flipping through manuals or accessing Starbucks’ intranet, baristas will be able to use a tablet behind the counter equipped with Green Dot Assist to get answers to a range of questions, from how to make an iced shaken espresso to troubleshooting equipment errors.
    Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 10 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
  • Russia said Ukraine unexpectedly postponed a transfer involving prisoners of war and the bodies of dead soldiers, leaving more than 1,200 frozen Ukrainian bodies waiting in refrigerated trucks at an exchange point with no one to collect them.
    Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 7 June 2025
  • Some fans have their hands over their mouths in disbelief, almost frozen.
    Stuart James, New York Times, 7 June 2025
Adjective
  • The next lot was a ruby and diamond necklace with unheated Burmese rubies that fetched $270,868.
    Anthony DeMarco, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
  • Prepare and preheat a charcoal grill for indirect cooking, with one hot side and one hold (unheated) side.
    Cathy Thomas, Oc Register, 12 May 2025
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 17 Jun. 2025.

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