‘the big freeze surprised the weathermen’

‘Motorists are being advised to take extra care on the roads this week as the big freeze drifts south.’

‘workers faced a pay freeze’

‘On August 15, 1971, more or less out of the blue, President Nixon declared a freeze on wages and prices.’

‘My computer freezes again, before announcing that it’s going to do a cache clean-up.’

‘I wrote half of this chapter and then my computer froze before I got to save it.’

‘this soup freezes well’

‘All these fruits freeze well except strawberries, which should be saved for the summer months.’

‘at night it froze again’

‘‘Did you tell him that he could come inside?’ ‘Yes! It’s beginning to freeze outside! Do you want to give him hypothermia?’’

‘in the winter the milk froze’

‘frost freezes water that has seeped into joints’

‘you’ll freeze to death standing there’

‘I take a cardigan and a pashmina, because on many planes you can freeze to death from the air conditioning.’

‘the pipes had frozen’

‘the ground was frozen hard’

‘she froze in horror’

‘I was frozen to the spot, sweat dripping down my cold skin.’

‘The mouth and throat are numbed up or frozen with a local anesthetic until all cough and gag reflexes are gone.’

‘He goes to another hospital next Wednesday where they will give him an epidural to try and freeze the affected area which should give him pain relief for a month at a time.’

‘new spending on defence was to be frozen’

‘Commercial rates should be frozen at their current level for the forthcoming year’

‘the charity’s bank account has been frozen’

‘These permit a Garda chief superintendent to make a case to the High Court for an order to freeze, and where appropriate dispose of, the proceeds of crime.’

‘she would freeze him with a look when he tried to talk to her’

‘the camera will set fast shutter speeds to freeze the action’

‘If you freeze the image near the start of Shadows, you’ll see that it’s really an abstract film.’

‘she came out with a revolver and told the boys to freeze’

‘When he ordered everyone to freeze, they froze.’

‘the cake can be frozen’

‘Check your garlic, too: Soft cloves can be minced, mixed with olive oil and frozen for future use.’