Warren was the logical place—the deep freeze where I could be put away for the rest of my days. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

She had come to a plateau, and the sight before her froze her as still as a winter night. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Read the label on any bag of chips, candy bar, or frozen snack. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

On stiff and frozen legs, she followed the other students off the plane and into customs, trying to keep her eye on them as they were split into different lines. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

She made us frozen dinners and asked Dad how his day at work had been while we ate them. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You really waited out here in the freezing cold to talk to me about Malik?” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

He’d also taken the easy chair, the big television from the den and every single battery, flashlight and lightbulb in the house, as well as the contents of the deep freeze in the garage. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even the food is surreal: corned beef and cabbage with pumpkin pie that’s still frozen in the middle for dessert. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

She turned to her mother, who stood frozen by the bliny tray, one hand clutched over her heart. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

He turned and lurched away, padding so swiftly across the freezing ground that Lyra couldn’t keep up, even running. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

I stood frozen in my tracks, holding back the tears. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their faces were frozen into malicious grins and screams. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

“I loved the garden. And it died because it’s so cold. It’s August, and I’m wearing my winter coat and gloves and my garden froze to death. And I hate corpses! I hate them!” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

A huge space opened up in her head, black and rushing as a freezing winter stream. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

The car was freezing inside and it smelled coppery and wet, like snow. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

The star stroked the unicorn's wet neck and spoke softly to the animal, but it made no move, stood there frozen in the light of the inn like a pale ghost. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Once, it was said, they had quarried immense blocks of ice from frozen lakes deep in the haunted forest, dragging them south on sledges so the Wall might be raised ever higher. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Time was frozen, so it wasn’t like he was wasting any of it. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

They had spent most of it out on the ice, shivering beside a pair of holes they’d cut in the smaller of the frozen lakes, with fishing lines clutched in mitten-clumsy hands. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

In 1987, forced to spend a night in the open while descending from the 28,169-foot summit of Kanchenjunga, he froze his feet and had to have all his toes amputated. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

My blood freezes, but I try to act natural—whatever “natural” means now. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

She has to come back inside; it’s freezing. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

When we went hunting, when he even saw a gun come out, he would get so excited you would never believe he would freeze on a point, but he always did; he was really good. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

I lie frozen, sniffing for traces of lavender. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Everyone wants to put food in their stomachs, and since salaries have been frozen, people have had to resort to swindling. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

He learned that she loved frozen yogurt, and before coming to dinner he would stop at a supermarket and buy her some. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

His foreman was a man defeated by his own pessimistic views, and his news was mostly a series of misfortunes: the strawberries froze, the chickens caught the pip, the grapes rotted. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now they had another problem: the extreme cold froze the communication instruments. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

We went to Lake Michigan, which was freezing cold for September and not salty like the Atlantic. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

He should have brought something to give them, and he had not thought of it, and every plant in the graveyard was leafless and frozen. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

For a long time, the body of Kemmler was left to cool; when finally it was taken from the chair, rigor mortis had frozen it in a sitting position. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cole couldn’t believe he was getting up this early to go sit in a freezing river. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

“Mrs. Caruthers isn’t going to hire me if I freeze to death.” Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, I saw Violet freeze, and her eyes stopped moving and her face got all white. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was just like being out freezing in the woods, how all you wanted in the universe was to curl up under a tree and fall asleep. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

I froze in my tracks and stared at her. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gene Johnson, the civilian scientist, had thawed a little bit of Nurse Mayinga’s frozen blood and had injected it into the monkeys. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The buckets make a muted, frozen clanking as they are refilled. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I removed my now useless mask, planted my ice ax into the mountain’s frozen hide, and hunkered on the ridge. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

The others froze, uncertain of their next move. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Tucker pulled a whole frozen raccoon from the freezer. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Jam stayed frozen in place for a few seconds before forcing her legs to move and running after Pet, who was already opening the bedroom door and stepping inside. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The ice ball began to melt, trickling freezing water into his legs, stiffening the joints. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Count’s frozen face was petrified and ashen and the blood still poured down the parallel cuts. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Nobody could, for after a few weeks of kind weather the earth had frozen with a vengeance, and spring seemed far away. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Stella felt like her feet had gone frozen—she couldn’t get herself to move away, but from the corner of her eye, she saw Tony running across the square. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Sea Kings and Wessex helicopters flew over from San Carlos to get the men out of the freezing water. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

I sip bubble tea and have frozen yogurt. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

It had been dropped at the edge of her bag and was frozen but fresh. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She remembered how she’d nearly wept with envy at Dympna’s description of having to spend the night in the back of a Fox Moth and nearly freezing to death. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

While we, football boys and rocket boys, all froze in place, Tag leisurely got out and pushed his constable’s cap to the back of his head. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I mean, not yet... he’s a stray. I’ve been chasing him for a while. I’m going to adopt him. I don’t want him to freeze to death out here!” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

That’s when I saw why both Mama and Doc had frozen all of a sudden. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The smile on her face stayed frozen for a second or two, and then her face slowly transformed into a state of shock. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Dust cloths, monthly cloths, rags tied around pipe joints to hinder freezing; pot holders and pieces to test hot irons and wrap their handles. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m not fussing,” I mumble, but then Hideo’s before me, and my hands freeze at my sides. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Everyone, even Byron, cheered when Dad got Aunt Cydney and she told us to hurry over before we froze to death. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she looked up, Robin was watching her, her hand frozen on the discard pile. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He was frozen halfway up his stepladder, placing a new case of mousetraps next to a ceiling fan. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I was there a full fifteen minutes in the freezing cold before Wilberforce arrived on the scene. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes Ash felt as though her own heart were frozen. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

They pursued their new prey the way they had once hunted seals and bears in the frozen north, and they hunted with an implacable appetite. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

I’m standing in a bra, not a terribly clean bra, and it is freezing in here. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Even if they hadn't, the freezing cold would have killed the crops. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Reta remained frozen, her hand held in front of her mouth. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I thought I saw someone moving around one of them, and for a moment, I froze behind a huge spreading tree. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

My brothers and I played with her when we were younger—freeze tag and street hockey with iron pokers and crumpled paper. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

I was so fully aware that only serious moods and occupations were acceptable, that in his presence every effort to sustain or follow any other became vain: I fell under a freezing spell. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

What’s more, unlike the paintings bequeathed to posterity by Constable or Rembrandt, his music has not ossified, frozen for ever in time. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

I'm thrown backward to the ground, body useless, paralyzed, eyes frozen wide, as feathery bits of matter rain down on me. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then, as she’s closing the door to her room, Mom says something that makes me freeze. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Mama screamed, and I guess I was scared, because I just felt frozen—like I was watchin ’ myself on TV—as the movin’ steps gradually gobbled my shoestring and pulled my foot toward its teeth. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they saw the two men in space suits, they froze, speechless. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Little round islands of frozen sap simply waited in the buckets for the next thaw. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Waiters froze, huge trays of pasta quivering on their splayed fingers. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Harry looked up, saw him coming, and froze in place, clutching his lunch box. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

In the atmospheric disturbances that followed Lord Asriel’s escape from his exile on Svalbard, she and her companions were blown far from the island and many miles out over the frozen sea. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“C’mon, boy, we don’t have but five years to get this practice over. I didn’t tell you to freeze the ball.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were only too glad not to have to stay outside any longer, in the freezing wind. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Arturo walked to the edge of the frozen grass and stepped onto the ice again, tapping his boots against its marbled surface. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

He freezes when his eyes fall on Alex perched on the countertop. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

And halfway down the fancy round-and-round steps with the crystal chandelier hanging over us like ice frozen in the air, my phone buzzed. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Dad heats up frozen pizza for us and Pop peppers us with questions about the Pennsville game plan. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

What about frozen planes, which could be safe from heat-seeking missiles? Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Not surprisingly, the vacation cabins the pilots had been living in all summer turned out to be drafty and freezing cold in the winter. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

The ribbon of frozen meltwater had ended three hundred feet up and was followed by a crumbly armor of frost feathers. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But why’s she all — all stiff and frozen?” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

When he looked out toward the frozen lake, he saw the dog that had been running with the woman skidding out on the lake. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

As she stared, her arms, her legs, her body froze into the cold stone of the gang. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

It was a strange bear, clad in polished armor with the dew on it frozen into frost, and with a plume in his helmet. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

“I can sing it. I was able to freeze some water today!” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I wait, frozen, for the woods to come alive with assailants. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The woman, whose body remained frozen while a movie made her face and costume spring to life, reminded Charles of the graveyard statues from the Haunted Mansion ride at Disney World. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

That night, and the day that followed, and the night that followed, they spent in the hut in the forest by the frozen lake. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

The river below this pool was smoothed over, icy, frozen solid. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then why did strange faces make me freeze? Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

It's miserable out, the kind of cold where breathing through your nose gives you brain freeze. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

“I’m freezing my nuts off. I better go get JP before they shut it down.” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Riddle had frozen, his face expressionless, but his eyes were flickering back and forth between each of Dumbledore’s, as though trying to catch one of them lying. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The freezing water closed like a fist around her. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

A quick check revealed a fist-sized chunk of frozen drool blocking the rubber valve that admitted ambient air into the mask from the atmosphere. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

But the buttons on his shirtfront could barely contain everything he had taken: two loaves of bread, twenty-four frozen waffles, and a ten-pound bag of apples. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Its pale light cast the shadows of the tall triangular merlons across the frozen ground, a line of sharp black teeth. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“I imagine your ink would just freeze now,” Yishan said with a slight undertone of annoyance. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

She thought of the first time she’d seen it, eight years ago, cold and still, frozen like the earth beneath her fat pony. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I took my duty seriously and didn’t budge, despite the freezing wind. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“There you have it, children,” Lady Constance said, with a frozen smile. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

It was a particularly hot day and he had frozen these small packets of juice. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

They had locked themselves into stinking toilets, slept in dark comers, squeezed tightly together, hungry, tired and frozen. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

The crowd, frozen in place, their thousands of arms outstretched, sang along lustily. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Otto swerved around a frozen cat and hopped the curb at Main Street, his brain straining in the midst of exhaustion. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Once the entire crew was reassembled, it was time to turn their attention to Holness, who was in serious danger of freezing to death. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

I shivered as we went out, for it was well below freezing, and he said with polite surprise, “You’re cold?” The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

And then the tall doors opened with a crash, and a freezing gale blew down the hall, and Robb came walking out of the night. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She winces as she breaks up some frozen corn kernels with the flat edge of a knife. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

I pulled the stick back and cracked it against the side of the frozen bed linen. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fabian was frozen for her, and his words were echoing, over and over, in her ears. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Under certain conditions our exhalations freezing instantly made a tiny cracking noise, like distant firecrackers, and a shower of crystals: each breath a snowstorm. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

She was, she said, worried about her flowers, whether the less hardy of them would survive the freeze—she’d lost flowers in lesser weather, she pointed out. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

After all the times Mama and Doc had told me and Jay to look out for each other, after the poppet in the marsh had almost got me...I stood there, frozen. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

So if they got frozen for all of time on that stage, at least they’d be together. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The girl was frozen at the top of the marble steps, her eyes wide and her face as pale as the stone beneath her feet. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“They fall into the water and get dragged under the ice, or they make it out and freeze to death.” Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

As soon as she stepped out of the tent onto the frozen shore, she saw a small dock scarcely twenty feet from where they had set up camp. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, the robot arms freeze and make a funny DWEEP-DWEEP-DWEEEEEEEP sound as they droop down on the conveyor belt—six inches away from Tater's crate. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Sometimes open leads of water in all directions were wreathed with wisps of frost smoke as the water began to freeze, and Shackleton commented that the effect resembled the smoke from a prairie fire. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

I never slept in the bottom bed because it made me feel like frozen food—all closed in and boxed away in the dark. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Or until it froze over and stopped itself,” León added lamely. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wonder if it’ll ever be enough to thaw the freeze, or if the ice will just soften for a moment, then harden again. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

The night air was chilled but not freezing. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I froze in the doorway of the slaughterhouse, gasping for breath. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

On the way to the factory, I see two bodies hanging stiff and frozen from the ghetto fence. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Had the earth stopped turning, had the trees frozen, had the sea given up its dead, Jean Louise would not have noticed. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“Stella, don’t,” I say, picturing her going clean through it into the freezing water beneath. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

“Look! People are camping. It’s March and freezing cold. I can’t imagine it.” A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I freeze, then slip the note down the front of my dress. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

In January they froze into disheartening poses; in August they ballooned and ruptured. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

In the grove behind them, three marble statues of women stood beneath the shadowy pines, their hands raised and touching, their legs extended as if frozen in mid-dance to some long-lost music. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

The music director faced the singers, frozen with his arms still raised. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Waist-deep in the freezing water he stopped, swallowed, and waited for something to happen. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I froze, too, aware that something was amiss, but not quite sure what. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

I stand frozen for a moment because this is the first time I’ve heard someone actually say these words—your uncle was killed. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

There is one frozen moment, and then the second cry goes up. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

My heart beat wildly, but I sat frozen in my chair. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

In the valley below, the orchids glowed with pale malevolence in the moonlight, a frozen sea against the dark shore of the forest. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Now the potatoes and carrots, the beets and turnips and cabbages were gathered and stored in the cellar, for freezing nights had come. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ground was still frozen and the warmth of another body so close was comforting. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Most Eskimo wives were left home these days; with the advent of gussak frozen foods, cooks were no longer needed for the hunt. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She guffawed overjovially, and Dimple had to bite the inside of her cheek to keep from laughing at Seema’s frozen expression. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Maddie looked away, her eyes welling with tears of envy at the thought of a frozen lonely night in the back of a Fox Moth. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

A quarter mile to the east, pinched between the Nuptse Wall and the West Shoulder of Everest, the Khumbu Icefall spilled through a narrow gap in a chaos of frozen shards. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Joey pouted and said, “Well, if they die in it all the time how come we don’t see any frozen people when we go to school?” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Because if you try, I will freeze all the water and trap you inside it,” Nathan said. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

It seemed the world had frozen around them. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I froze when I smelled the familiar cologne and cigarettes, wondering what I should do. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

I mean, I was grabbing the frozen dinners my mom had left me, anyway, thinking they’d come in handy at Fang’s, but I stuck the tickets back in the freezer, where I’d first found them. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Already his hair was freezing into black strands. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

I left him frozen on the sofa, head twisted round, eyes bulging. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

How long had we been standing in the freezing wind? Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t even know you could freeze cookies! P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

There they sat, a row of statues, each, as it were, frozen stiff in the attitude he had struck when he first saw Perseus. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Be careful,” said Missus Nedraw in the same ventriloquist style as the other frozen Fry residents. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The old man stood frozen in the doorway. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

I tried to swallow but my spit was either all dried up or frozen. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

A flashlight shone on her face, and she froze. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

A friend who once pulled me from a frozen cow pond and saved my life. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

He laughed at his little joke and repeated the line about the frozen dinners, as if he would use it later in a comedy routine. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

The umpire asks me what’s up, and I’m just sort of frozen there. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

But that starch was frozen solid by the time we reached my new home. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Standing in the freezing mound that was thickening around his numb feet, Jonas opened his own tunic, held Gabriel to his bare chest, and tied the tom and dirty blanket around them both. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

That afternoon when Gabriel was collecting some of his things from my room, and I was jotting down some ideas in my notebook, he looked up at me and froze in place. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

I’m a little cold now—now that I think about it—cold inside, like there’s nothin’ there, or like my guts are frozen. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And she was, they both were, or they would be soon if they didn’t freeze to death first. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I freeze up, stuck between wanting everyone to know I’m here to find my brother and hating being the center of attention. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

One man’s ear had frozen to the ground in the night. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Dad's coming home to eat. Put on a woolly hat or your head'll freeze.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

He was dressed in his formal clothes, as though it were his senior prom, and frozen in the amber of his youth. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Thomas froze as he heard Gaily open the door inside and run out of the bathroom. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Buddy Ray flicked my cell phone on—and then his face froze. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

She froze in terror, and then burst out laughing—nervous, near-hysterical laughter. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Beau hung frozen, motionless, my empty hand still stretched toward him. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Melanthios, rummaging in the chamber, could not hear them as they came up; nor could he see them freeze like posts on either side the door. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ocean swallowed her, filling her lungs, freezing her heart so that she couldn’t cry out... Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The hatchet sticks in the frozen turkey flesh. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Ophie, however, was frozen, trying to understand what had just happened. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

The Time Suck that created their escape route lumbered toward them, brushing chunks of frozen brick wall aside. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

It’s hard to hold the phone up to my ear because my hands are trembling like it’s below freezing in this room. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The words boomed and crashed in my head, a thunderstorm of a command, and I froze. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

June started to nod, but then she froze, her eyes widening. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He froze, his hands up as though the jacket were still between his fingers. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

My hands are freezing as I lock the front door. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“It kills. And it’s freezing. Plus you’ve got the gyno making lame jokes while he’s nosing around in there. But the worst is what he does with his hands.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Toby froze as she playfully tapped the side of her foot against his hip, tapping it again and again like she was keeping time. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

It felt, sometimes, as though she were frozen inside the moment that she'd skidded to a halt at the sound of those screams. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Then I notice something else I should pick up, but for two seconds I'm frozen, locked with fear. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat frozen in the bathtub, not knowing what to do. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

They just freeze until the noise subsides—what else are you going to do when your audience acts boorish?—then pick back up with the dialogue. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

My hand froze in midair over my pocketbook. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

He lifts the bull hook high and then freezes. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Harry froze, his cut finger slipping on the jagged edge of the mirror again. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

First it rained, then it froze, then anything with more than a half-inch extending broke off to the ground by this morning. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Afterward they sat on the frozen ground, huddled in their cloaks with Ghost between them. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The air was freezing, and it carried the smell of burning. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

My face is frozen and fractured in a witch’s snarl of grief. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Day after day, the winter sun had melted the snow on the eastward-facing slope, and the night frosts had hardened it, until it was a solid, frozen, glittering wall. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

The dark, muggy interior was a nineties fossil, a dream frozen in amber. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I waited for him to turn, but he froze. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Some tiny soldiers in the enemy camp were merrily playing Fox-and-Geese on a frozen pond. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they arrived at the creek bank, Atticus turned around with a hearty “Everybody out!” and the smile froze on his face: “Where’s Jem?” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

We came upon some kids playing freeze tag. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Both brothers froze and looked at her, surprised. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The boy lay in a crumpled heap, barely moving, but Thomas was frozen by indecision, afraid to get involved. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Once my feet were froze enough, the blisters didn’t hurt. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the end of September, snow was piling up on the tundra, and the lake had frozen over. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The weather had cracked, the temperature finally dropping below freezing. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

It was as if a black-waved, frozen sea had been sliced by a scythe, forming black, solid walls along a jelled path. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Finally Arion zoomed between two mountains into a valley of ice and rocks, like a massive bowl of frozen milk with bits of Cocoa Puffs. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

She does cook when Dad is home, but canned tuna, frozen peas, and mayonnaise tossed over noodles is not my idea of delicious. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

But the freeze was good, for it made the warmth of the little apartment all the more welcome. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Kingsroad Gate had not, and ice had frozen those drawbridge chains rock hard. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I stand, frozen by how duplicitous my life has become. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He froze, much as he had in the tombwalk, hiding uselessly in the shadows. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Below them was a frozen waterfall stretching fifty feet to the ground. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

I froze again, but this time it was a totally different kind of freeze. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He said that if she went North, she’d freeze to death. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

For several seconds, he stood frozen, towering over me, glaring down as though he meant to hit me. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

We were frozen there for a long time. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I stay frozen as Keira continues to search, her expression turning more stunned as she goes. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

As they walked through the freezing streets of the city, his uncle explained about the fire and the locked door. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

Gogol is eating frozen waffles for breakfast, wishing his parents would turn off the music so that he could hear the cartoons he is watching, when his mother’s water breaks. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Soon the pointed shoots of the playful daffadowndillies will break the frozen ground. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

No matter how many odd jobs or errands the crew dreamed up, however, one fact remained: there was really nothing to do on the frozen ship but wait, wait, wait. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

I freeze, looking between Stella’s door and my visitors. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

My lips and cheeks were frozen, unthawed by the sweat running down the sides of my nose. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I think you had to go tempting whatever it is about this county that keeps us so fricking busy. You got your wish. We froze time.” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The nets they lowered through the ice hole came up frozen solid the moment they reached the surface, of course. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

The swallow led them to another empty courtyard, then over an arched stone bridge of the same color as the frozen water beneath. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Stella froze until the second scream came, this one louder, more desperate. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

His mouse paws tugged at the hood until her mouth was freer, and she gulped at the frozen air. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

At Kat’s party, everyone hung around the outside patio even though the temperature was freezing. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Otto aimed the camera at him, attempting to freeze him again. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He was behind his curtain now, looking down at himself freezing under the impact of water in sub-zero winds. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

At the mere glimpse of one of the nibbling, button-eyed, bushy-tailed creatures, the children would freeze to attention, stare, hunker down, and approach silently in low, even crouches until within striking distance. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

And when they died, frozen solid against a fence, with the snow drifted around their heads? Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Standing there for hours, I can only wish I would freeze to death. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Two mounts had gone into the Hall of the Gods solely to protect the frozen forms of Poppy, Arielle, and Burton. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Some men cried, their tears freezing on their bearded cheeks. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Around me the students move with faces frozen in solemn masks, and I seem to hear already the voices mechanically raised in the songs the visitors loved. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would have draped them over the balcony railing except that I was afraid they would freeze stiff. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

During the Ice Ages so much of the world’s water was frozen into glaciers that sea levels fell as much as four hundred feet. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

As Lev stepped aside, I reached out to tuck the arm back into the shroud and froze. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He jumped to his feet, his voice frozen in his throat, and raised Hermione’s wand. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Throw this on anything, and it will freeze an enemy in their tracks. Plus, it’s an excellent accessory. Perfectly understated. Very elegant. Timeless.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The water made a cracking sound and froze solid as soon as it touched the mirror and By’s lips! The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the freezing cold of Bismarck, North Dakota, he’d been housed with German prisoners of war. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Ice crunched beneath his boots, and a sudden gust pushed back his hood, as if a ghost had plucked at him with frozen fingers, hungry to gaze upon his face. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

For a moment she froze in fear, but then she pushed herself up and moved quietly to the bedroom door. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

It’s two blocks away—a tall gray building with big tanks of frozen oxygen out front and construction vehicles constantly adding new wings. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

I stared up at her, temporarily frozen, mustering my courage. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

A dark shape passed overhead, a warden’s hovercar, and Tally instinctively froze. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Every now and then a freezing draft and sometimes a snowflake whistled in from the silent outdoors. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Taisin heard the words as though she were standing in that frozen palace with Elowen; she heard them as though she had spoken them herself. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Rafik fell asleep on top of his white bedspread immediately, so Liyana shut her eyes on her bed, too, and plummeted into a frozen scene. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

"Yeah? What do they eat, then? I mean if they're frozen solid, they can't swim around looking for food and all." The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

He glanced at his brother Nick, then over the frozen lake. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

"You are a sour man, Stark. Too long in the north, all the juices have frozen inside you. Well, mine are still running." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I fell off a dogsled down a frozen waterfall and landed on sharp ice on a kneecap. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Silently he stood in the rain, water dripping from his hair on to his freezing shoulders, on to his freezing hips and legs. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hear his wicked laugh, so mean and dirty it makes my stomach freeze up and my knees feel squishy. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

“The winter will be beyond anything we’ve experienced. Temperatures will be below freezing. There will be no food.” Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Outside the big windows, a freezing rain is falling. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It was so cold, there was still ice on the outside of the bottle, and frozen air came out of the open top like fog. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Aunt Xi-wen tried to smile to show her support of the proletarian revolutionary young guards, but the smile froze before it was fully formed. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

However, his feet might freeze, or he might drown in dirty slush. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

And now they lay lifeless, their legacy frozen with cold. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Ralph shuddered at the thought of an electronic mouser sending his family screaming into the snow to freeze to death. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

How his very bones froze as the perturbed spirit revealed that he, King Hamlet, had been murdered. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

He would freeze, starve, or be blown away. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

I freeze in my tracks, sick at the idea of what he’s suggesting. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I pulled Tucker to the doghouse, freezing when I saw the hulking silhouette of the huge Rottweiler, apparently asleep. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

All she could do was keep her head down and count the steps to the school, while her mother watched out the car window, not understanding that freezing to death would be better than this. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

All the same, a little more fear leavened his exhilaration as he returned his attention to the sword reposing upon the bottom of the frozen pool. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Who knows? Our job is just to keep it from breaking down. If a part breaks, we got to put on a new one. If a part freezes up, we got to oil it.” The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

On days like this the Wall shimmered bright as a septon’s crystal, every crack and crevasse limned by sunlight, as frozen rainbows danced and died behind translucent ripples. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The grass in the fields was still yellow, the trees naked, but the ground no longer frozen. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I skipped back to town freezing and wet and grinning like an idiot. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

On February 6, 2006—a year and a week after he’d crossed the frozen Tumen River into China—Shin arrived in Hangzhou, a city of about six million in the Yangtze River Delta. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

The dark waves flung shards of ice at him, and the blood from his cuts steamed and froze. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

It’s made of blue glass, an abstract shape that looks like falling water frozen in time. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Even the sun was frozen in place halfway across the sky! Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Since he and Otto could unstick small things from the time freeze, Sheed supposed he could put the mirror under the fountain’s surface; water was just a bunch of tiny drops put together. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Dad’s body froze, his wide eyes zeroing in on the thin, sharp point. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

A chill seeped from my head to my feet, freezing me to the spot. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

A crutch misplaced and he could be thrown down upon the frozen wooden planking, or into the ice-encrusted snow. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

There seemed to be a dead, furry animal frozen to it. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My wash is going to be frozen on the line by the time I take it down.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Fire truck’s on its way. Get back inside. You’ll freeze to death.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Big, fancy boats with thousand-dollar trolling rods and gold-plated reels and radar and radios and fancy fish-finders and gallons of frozen chum. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“But what if we are? If were not prepared, we’ll surely freeze or starve.” Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

And I rowed and rowed, but it didn’t hurt after that because my hands had froze. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Behind the acreage, they walked along a frozen river and Madeleine pretended she was skating. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

He sighs, drops his head in defeat, and then pulls off his sweater, his shoes, his hat, his gloves, and his jeans, even though it’s freezing out. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

As we wait, we hear that several people have already frozen to death. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Come in before you freeze out there! I’ll buy you a drink!” Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wall behind the principal’s desk was covered with photographs of a tall slender man with fluid, long muscles and sandy hair frozen into graceful poses while participating in a variety of sports. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once she found a nest of baby mice who had frozen in the cold, and she left them by the fence post for the cat. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, when dark fell and the temperature dropped below freezing, everybody got ready to fly bombing missions. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

But you can’t bring down the swelling of despair with a bag of frozen peas and a Tylenol. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

My childhood had gone by without my knowing, and it seemed as if my heart had frozen. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

There are dozens of different soups and salad dressings, cases stuffed with frozen dinners and ice cream and meat. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

I take a deep breath, but freeze midway. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I understood little of her stories because her voice was faint and she froze in fear if I asked her to repeat anything. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

Thundering hooves beat the frozen ground, faster and faster as the rider whipped the horse. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Sandi set hers on the table and tried to look pleased: it also was an iron statue of a little girl with her jump rope frozen midair. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Tree-ear stole silently over the frozen ground, edged along the wall of the shed, and after a quick glance around, hunched over to put his eye to a shoulder-level knothole. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

“Maybe because it already feels like our feet are going to freeze off.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

It was hard to the touch and he knew that inside the embryo was solidly frozen. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“And then you have to do this one thing to save your own life and you freeze up! Jeez, man!” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“Hot ice cream warms you up no end in freezing weather. I also make hot ice cubes for putting in hot drinks. Hot ice cubes make hot drinks hotter.” Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

I figured it must be necessary to keep your feet from freezing off. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Now, when he said it, I kind of froze up. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Whatever this beast was, it seemed to ignore all the frozen things and people spread around town. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

She’s standing frozen in the middle of the revel, looking lost, as faeries swarm around her, swinging their partners in dizzying spirals. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The tiny waves created from Kristi’s hands moving the water make a freezing tickle on my stomach. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

He felt as if a block of ice were melting just behind his sternum—a frozen chunk of fear he’d gotten so used to he didn’t even think about it until it was gone. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

But hell would freeze before he got it. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

She moved over and patted the bed, “Come on, baby, get in the bed. You’ll freeze before you get your question out.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The knife lay on the table between them, and Citra suddenly felt like the pedestrians at the gleaning: frozen just on the other side of some unthinkable event horizon. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

As the air temperature drops and the water continues to freeze, the pancakes mass together and harden into a single sheet, or ice field. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

And Beau remained, frozen above the endless blackness. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Brevis expected the billy goat to bolt for the woods or down one of the roads, but it stayed where it was, as if frozen into position. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Stannis is snowed to death by now. Else he’s run back to the Wall with his tail froze between his legs.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“It’s freezing out,” Em said, marching past Bridge. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

We're cutting through the side streets and heading down to the pond, all cold and white and frozen. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

The odd behavior of defending a frozen fishing hole connects all the way back to the reader’s question at the beginning of the column. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

I froze, not sure if I should try to catch it. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Salt water freezes at a lower temperature than fresh water, around twenty-seven degrees Fahrenheit, depending on the concentration of salt and other minerals. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

His dark lashes flutter just once before his pupils freeze like a cat in the street. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

When my whole world was frozen and sorry couldn’t get past my lips. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

The river has been frozen for many weeks now, and we have not heard from them. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

She watched it, frozen with fear, and then it breached the surface. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Sobbing, he turned his head and vomited onto the frozen snow. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

In winter when the ground was frozen, the rattle of wheels and each distinct hoofbeat punctuated the winter quiet. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a noise from in the little house, kind of a thump, and I froze. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

Walking quietly down the hallway, I pass the empty nurses’ station and freeze in front of her door, hearing music softly playing on the other side. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

I nearly stepped on two rats gnawing and froze. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even with my lion-skin coat, I was freezing by the time we got to Main Street, which was about half a mile from the train tracks. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Grace hadn’t had frozen yogurt since before Peach. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I was no longer at a safe distance, staring at my frozen parents at the black hole’s edge. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

The ice-cream-eating man sat beside her on the train and, to discourage conversation, she stared fixedly at a brown stain near her feet, a spilled frozen Frappuccino, until they arrived at Trenton. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

And when he did, he felt his breath catch in his throat, like an icy wind had blown down there and frozen the air solid. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Besides, I was out of practice in talking to him: his reserve was again frozen over, and my frankness was congealed beneath it. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

He gave me a look that could freeze Hell, then turned and threw open the double doors. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

And then he froze and looked at his empty hand. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

When I get on the city bus headed toward cam- pus, I'm just another person who doesn't want to freeze to death in the wind chill. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are trails veering away from the pavilion in every direction, and for a moment, I stand, frozen. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

So they starved and froze and died in the snow, their arms frozen outward, still begging. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

When the wind started blowing, everything froze, leaving the ground as slick as glass. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as we saw him, Tyson froze. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Bundled thickly in his furs, Tyrion Lannister pulled on his gloves and nodded to the poor frozen wretches standing sentry outside the Commander's Keep. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Mark was completely frozen, staring at Jed’s body lying in an unnatural twisted position. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

She pulled her arm away from the line, bracing her palm against the frozen ground. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

She decided she’d rather freeze walking back to the castle, and she scrambled out of her seat. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

“Come on, keep moving, else you’ll freeze,” she said, for some of the children were shivering and moaning from the cold, and their daemons were crying too in high thin voices. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Come on, what are you frozen for?” my father said to me. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pax remained frozen, paw still raised, jar still clamped in his jaws, studying the man’s face as the man studied his. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Standing in line I hadn't felt cold, but now it's freezing. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

Her tears, scalding her eyelids, froze instantly against the pillow. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Airborne for a moment, Otto stretched, grabbing at a frozen brick that had been dislodged then restuck in time when the Time Suck crashed through the wall. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Now it was the deep blue of frozen rivers, now the dirty white of old snow, and when a cloud passed before die sun it darkened to the pale grey of pitted stone. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Don’t sell yourself short. You not only saved that toddler, you also saved me. I must admit, I was suddenly, and shockingly, frozen in fear.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Piper felt frost gathering on her eyebrows and freezing her ear canals, but she feigned a smile. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

We froze as we saw the rounds kicking up the water. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I freeze for a second, wondering if she knows. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

He had no doubt that Harrison would come through and rescue him from the frozen mornings and venomous newsboys that for the moment defined his life. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

When it froze that night, only a little bit of sap was in each bucket, so nothing was hurt at all. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Yer frozen for most of it, time passing you right on by, tho that’s only if ye don’t die on the way.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Some water entered his eardrums and froze, blocking out sound. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Time freezes as I chop off its hand. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly the shaking stopped and she froze at the steps. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like keep my feet from freezing out here on the battlefield. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tugged at Otto’s ear and he, in response to the improvised game, swung his hand in the air, making a random Z. Bouain froze. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

The whole lower deck might have been frozen solid. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The freezing water carved into me like knives puncturing my skin. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

She poked him in the leg for emphasis, and they both froze at the contact. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“Come on, girls. A long day like this calls for some frozen custard. I asked your mom, Amina, and she said you can come to Kopp’s with us.” Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

There, huddled as close to Tansy as her calves, lay a sleeping boy, blue in his lips, frost in his hair, and tears frozen on his thin dirty cheeks. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

A block of ice freezes our section of the bleachers. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Examining his frozen hands and feet, which had a dull whitish sheen like a dirty bathroom sink, Kamler observed grimly, “This is the worst frostbite I’ve ever seen.” Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

They passed a couple of frozen cars but saw no one else for most of the trip. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Here I am frozen, when I deserve to burn. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

The electric current freezes us in place, and this time I'm glad because I'm not really sure Peeta can hang on for the whole ride. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Since it was cold enough to freeze most parts of your body, I wasn’t too unhappy. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

I went up about ten feet and froze. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly Citra realized the ring wasn’t just cool, it was freezing. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I stand frozen in the middle of the hallway, unable to breathe. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Just a few hours in that soddie made me see how folks could go crazed and run out into the freezing cold of the Nebraska prairie. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

She was laying out the tarp that would keep the wet from our bones, but not the freeze. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Hyacinth froze, then shook her head in short, quick bursts. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I realize I’m still frozen with my hand plastered to my chest and my mouth open in surprise. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I stood frozen, watching the deadly scene, unable to do anything. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The machines are more ... efficient near freezing. I wear a coat and hardly notice,” said Felicia. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

His mind took the image and transported him back to Dawit’s store, to the guns raised upon his father, and he froze. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The temperatures inched just above freezing according to a thermometer outside the kolkhoz office. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

He was leaning in, and so all I had to do was stretch up on my toes to kiss his surprised, frozen lips with as much force as I was capable of. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

She started to reach for the splendor, to call it back, then froze. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

In the morning, as my mom showers, I stack the frozen plastic containers inside an insulated lunch pack, which I place in the bottom of my backpack. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Never mind that Walter can’t hop trains—hell will freeze over before I let Marlena spend a single night in a hobo jungle. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Deep freeze, armchair, film tapes, circuits, beds, and all like skeletons thrown in a cluttered mound deep under. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boys froze, tilting their heads toward the shooting, listening intently, before turning back to their play as the sounds faded. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

They found him frozen by the forge, hardly daring to move as Ghost sniffed him up and down. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It froze my blood—and then brought a slight measure of relief. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The princess's fan freezes in front of her. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I fell against my lard can chair, a frozen, useless lump, while this eight-year-old boy bustled around my shack. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

He, Kevin, and Julie had stood on line for food for five hours that morning, the temperature well below freezing and a harsh wind blowing the entire time. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

The dead arms are crossed, the features are stiff and blue, as if frozen. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, I got so cold I thought I’d freeze to death standing there by the gate. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

It was a little hard at first to move the furniture, because the feet of the chairs had frozen into the ice. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s terribly hot,” said Mrs. Arable, fanning herself with an advertisement of a deep freeze. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

But what is frozen in my mind, even more than that, is later the same day. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Instead of releasing it, his hand only seemed to clamp down harder, frozen in place as thousands of volts of electricity sent his body into a frenzied fit of shuddering. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The woods were full of frozen streams and cold black lakes, and Meera was as good a fisher with her three-pronged frog spear as most men were with hook and line. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Everyone was silent, frozen, staring from one girl to the other. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He’s frozen in place, staring at the spot his daughter just teleported from. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

A cold, heavy presence passed over the beach, slowing time, dropping the temperature to freezing, and making me feel like life was hopeless, fighting was useless. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Ekman went back to the pause and froze the tape. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Large insects, like enormous walking sticks, were frozen on the trees. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Canada was a strange frozen land, snow everywhere, ice everywhere, and a bone-biting cold the like of which none of them had ever experienced before. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He grabbed him, pulled him back into his arms, ignoring the blood, ignoring the frozen look of death on the boy’s face. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I stood there frozen for a second until I could just make out a man in the woods wearing a camouflage hunting outfit and a black ski mask. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He was frozen to the bone when he finally reached the movie theater. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Clearly they were not on the frozen lake they’d been aiming for. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was better to walk than to freeze. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then they were thrown into jail, executed, or sent to prison camps in the frozen wastes of Siberia. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

If he tried to open any of the apps, it would freeze, and he’d have to restart it. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I could tell by the way Sal’s face kind of froze. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

She keeps her head in the freezer as she stuffs another pack of frozen meat inside. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Are your potatoes the frozen imported ones, or do you cut and fry your potatoes?” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The sweat on my hands froze my fingers to the canister’s fastenings the same way a curious child’s tongue sticks to a pump handle in the dead of winter. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He knelt down to look closely at the paper calendar frozen on June. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

One of them accelerates as it passes; a wheel dives into a water-filled pothole, spraying freezing muddy water over Salim’s pants and coat. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

The falling water slapped at them with frozen fists, and the shock of the cold seemed to stop Jon's breath. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

It was true that now, alone with Amah, her words did not freeze in her throat. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Shocked, he froze in place when he saw the large horned toad standing on its hind legs and holding a glowing quartz crystal. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

She took a deep, shuddering breath, reminding herself that the people before the Rusties must have taken baths in freezing streams all the time. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Newsmen, cursing the undue delay, stamped their feet and slapped frozen ears with ungloved, freezing hands. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

She hurries us out into the night air, which instantly freezes the tears in our tired eyes. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Three hours later, when I crawled into my sleeping bag, the doctors were still gingerly thawing Beck’s frozen limbs in a pot of lukewarm water, working by the glow of their headlamps. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

At no time as the narrative unfolded did anyone stumble or freeze or look lost. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

I froze when I saw Mrs. Singer watching me from the other side of the door. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Her lips, trembling, twitched up and froze, and he could see her teeth. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I turned away and made sure Annabeth did the same, because she was still frozen in shock. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

But there was no time for frozen shock. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

For the rest of the night, the men sat in the boats, their clothes freezing on them, huddling together for warmth. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

And she likes having the space to herself, the stillness and the calm sweetened with the subdued scent of frozen flowers. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

A white wolf with a missing eye, its jaws frozen into a snarl. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I’m still frozen in place from Ms. Rochambeau’s words. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

They knew that he didn’t get hit by any frozen tree branch. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stood erect as if frozen amid the hysterical crowd in his box and around it—all around the vast arena. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

She pulled a bag of frozen fish fillets from the packed freezer and arranged six on a baking sheet. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

When they reached the harbor, Iorek Byrnison dipped his head and unfastened the helmet with a claw, letting it clang on the frozen ground. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Are those groceries up in your car going to freeze? Maybe we should go for them.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

She had not killed it, for it was old and frozen. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

This woman was in love with the mountain she had raised, block by block, from the frozen northern sea. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

She comes over and turns it back off as I try to pull her hand and the frozen peas away from her face, but she doesn’t let me. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The unexpectedly freezing water that caused her to gasp was his punishment. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

A tear fell on the grass and froze solid. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ivy stopped too, freezing with her arms in a funny position like someone had taken a picture of her running. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Don’t know what? I’ve never even met him. Please just tell me where he is! I’m freezing!” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t look away, frozen as still as a pillar of salt. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

In the days after Christmas, with just a week or so left in the Iowa campaign, it seemed as if half of the South Side had migrated to the deep freeze of Des Moines. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The two colonels changed out of their uniforms into sweat clothes, and Nancy put a frozen chunk of her homemade stew into the microwave and thawed it. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Students move while the music is playing and freeze when the music stops or the teacher yells out a command. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

“Remember the freak storm that blew through last spring? Late April it was. Well, Lois walked out into it and kept walking. They found her froze to death about four miles from the house.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

I froze, thinking he meant something by this. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The domovoi froze, then turned, and his eyes popped wide when he saw her. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

The rabbits would freeze, eyes glowing red; the pigs would squeal. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had come prepared to admire the grand achievement of Burnham’s army of workers but instead found himself troubled by what he saw in the stark frozen landscape. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

When Malcolm X returned downstairs to the lobby, he “practically bumped into the Muslim entourage. The Muslims were stunned. Malcolm’s face froze, but he never broke his gait. Then, we knew we were facing trouble.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

There is a brief pause, as if everything in the level had suddenly frozen. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I joke from my locked and frozen position inside the box. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

“How about if he fell through ice, into a lake, say? What'd happen to him then? Would he sort of stay...deep frozen?” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

The night after I saw them frozen, even though they were okay, I couldn’t sleep at all. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

His hands freeze in mid-clap when he sees the young lady who has just caught the white kitten and is now lifting it to her shoulder where it sits along with the black kitten. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

A flash of blue-white light erupted from both wands; for a moment, Scabbers was frozen in midair, his small gray form twisting madly — Ron yelled — the rat fell and hit the floor. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

They don’t care that Chief Powhatan himself saved us from freezing and hunger when all our houses burned. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Using her man’s knife, she turned up the edges, tied them in place, and let the cup freeze in the air. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I walked down the hill to the boathouse, I heard a noise, like a door closing, and froze, midstep. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

While I stood in the hallway, frozen, staring at you. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

“I’m going home,” I said, my frozen lips slurring the words. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I turn to get one last look at the fighting and freeze. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

They sailed in ships, walked on pontoon bridges, and stepped across frozen puddles without ever experiencing anything that seemed to oblige them to rethink their theories. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

He froze, nose to nose with his own scared-looking reflection in the dark glass. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“The time freeze wouldn’t have happened if you didn’t take that camera from Flux.” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“What happened to you back there? Did you get zapped with a freeze ray?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

A strained smile was frozen into place on her thin lips, but her eyes brimmed with reverence. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Bran blinked back a tear and felt it freeze upon his cheek. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Some men looked up, puzzled by the fast irregular knocking sounds that came from up and down the line as arrows hurtled into wood or frozen canvas. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

We walked along in silence the rest of the evening, the only sounds the crunch of the frozen mud beneath our feet and the cracks of the kapos’ whips. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

He arrived from Long Beach, California, at the beginning of January, in a country where cattle often freeze to death, and he was of course a prisoner of war. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were silent, as if they’d been frozen there at the table. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Then Howard broke through that frozen curtain of time by grabbing his shoes and heading off up the path toward his house, leaving me standing there ashamed and heavyhearted. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

And the three horrified adults, as they stood frozen in their tracks, saw what the excited little girl did not see,—a huge, lumbering tractor bearing blindly down upon its appointed track. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Yet still the boy refused to die and lay on his back between two trees while Kabuo stood five feet away, frozen, his rifle shouldered still. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The thought sickened me, froze my hands where they were. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Of course, America is concerned about our debt payments to her in the event of a freeze in German reparations. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

He was lying on his side with his knees tucked tight to his chest as if he was already working at not freezing to death. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Even though using Faraday’s ring would have frozen the killer’s finger, it was possible. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Genie froze at the base of the staircase. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

She imagines him surviving freezing temperatures without so much as a sweater. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt frozen at just the sound of his voice. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I sat there with a frozen smile on my face like that stupid Mona Lisa. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

“The freeze might have helped us there, too; I just don’t know. Three houses have tents now, which makes a total of twenty-five so far in the development.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mother said hell would freeze over before she surrendered her kitchen to an owl, then marched in and began slamming pots to make breakfast. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“They don’t even let you have frozen yogurt?” asks Spike, reeling from the injustice of it all. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

As soon as his avatar froze, he began to take heavy laser and gunfire from all directions. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The rain had started to gust from the gray sky, a freezing rain. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

There was a frozen silence; Caesar could not believe his own ears. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Oh, sweetie, you’ve got to keep that on. It’s freezing outside.” Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

But all I do is sit frozen when Mrs. Fisher reads us a poem about baseball and asks us to write one of our own. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

I’m frozen until someone presses a pretend button on the table near me that makes me “come to life.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

The creature lifted a hand, and the rock froze in midair. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

But no words find their way to my tongue, which is frozen like I feared it would be earlier. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

I stood there absolutely frozen for about five seconds. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

He heard Aunt Daisy and Phoebe talking—about Marco, whose feet were badly frozen, about the Carpathia’s passengers, who couldn’t do enough for them all. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

Isaac and I are frozen, looking into each other's eyes, my hand in his hand. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

He turned his head to find the Spirit Bear standing barely twenty feet away, staring at him, one paw forward as if frozen in midstride. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

The freezing temperatures crept into my knees and hips. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

When she laughed and said no, Crazy Joe ran and jumped straight through the ice of a frozen pond and refused to come out until she agreed to go out with him. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

My backpack held little more than three empty oxygen canisters and a pint of frozen lemonade; it probably weighed no more than sixteen or eighteen pounds. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

The tips of his frozen hair would simply break off. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

There were nights trying to sleep in a freezing tent, with 30-mile-per-hour winds ripping at the sides. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

That’s how rabbits survive; they freeze in the presence of predators. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Now go. You may not be cold, but I’m freezing.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

If too many people were logged in at the same time, the simulation would slow to a crawl and avatars would freeze in midstride as the system struggled to keep up. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The garments had frozen into grotesque shapes and didn’t want to come in through the window. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

For over a minute she stood there, frozen, and then her body began to tremble and then shake noticeably. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Too hot meant propellant-tank pressures rising dangerously high; too cold meant radiators freezing. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

My eyelashes freeze and stick when I step outside. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He stumbles across the driveway with a goofy half smirk frozen onto his face, and before long he's joined by more people. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Common folk stood froze at the sight of a king being pulled down by the strength of the men working together. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

She slides a pack of chicken in, next to the frozen vegetables that are already in there. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

It had been frozen solid, but the ice crystals were already melting. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

I screamed, “Really! He’s froze to the car! Help! He’s crying!” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly the king broke off, his arm upraised, as though frozen in place. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

So cold is the ground that huge whales and caribou freeze overnight, preserved for the months to come. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The night had become chilly, almost cold enough to lay down a frost, he thought; it must be freezing at the higher elevations. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I prepared to sneak off before I was caught, but what Ben said next froze me in place before I took a single step. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Then I spit on it a few times to give it a frozen overcoating. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Miles froze like a cat caught in a flashlight beam. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

It was freezing, and loud, and it was peppered with hard, biting flakes of snow—but it was blowing me up the mountain. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The water had frozen around the teeth and they had to be thawed before she could put them in. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or perhaps a safe means of hibernation for humans will be found, so that the space travelers could be frozen and then reawakened centuries later. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even with my coat on, I felt frozen and feverish, my body all nausea and cramped muscles. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Naomi froze, the paring knife trembling between her fingers. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I unbuttoned my coat, enduring the freezing temperature in order to allow the bloodstains on my shirt to be visible. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Scoob freezes, eyes wide, heart thumping so fast, he knows if be were hooked up to the monitor, it would sound like a five-bell alarm. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

All of this was in the frozen wind that blew through him. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Still, my great white looked like it was frozen on the page, a sandbag, accessorized by some deluxe fins. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

I think my tongue has frozen and speech will be impossible, so I surprise myself by answering back in a steady voice, “Yes, I think that would save time.” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

We freeze, and then Max drops to the floor and slides beneath the bed, taking his shoes with him. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I feel like freezing on him, passing the rest of the evening in sulky wordlessness. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

So the next day Mr. Popper called an engineer and had a large freezing plant installed in the cellar, and took Captain Cook and Greta down there to live. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

She thought her eyes would freeze inside her head. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Like a bolt of lightning slicing through the clouds, my words jolt them and leave them frozen in their seats. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The shaggy head froze, its snout pointed directly at Butler’s hiding place. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

I froze in the entrance of the Krupp Pavilion, chilled to the bone although the sun beat hot on my face. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I strained to look behind me, but my body was frozen. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I ran downhill along the tilting corridor, freezing water up to my knees. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Drag all the frozen food out of the freezer. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Former owner and boss of a frozen fish packing company, who retired and became the solo skipper of his own ship—an RV he drove around the country. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

She felt almost frozen when she at last reached West Riding, but she did not stop at Quinn House even though her teeth chattered from the cold. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I drop my spoon with a clatter; hers freezes midway to her mouth. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

In the hearth at the north wall a large fire cracked and lisped, flushing the room with a dry sirocco that caused frozen skin to tingle. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Byrd, frozen in the same spot on the wet floor, looks to George. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Motorists in Scotland and the North should be careful of black ice on the roads, and the Midlands should anticipate widespread patches of freezing fog. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

The frozen morning wind was so fierce that it nearly knocked me over. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

She lost her and in her terrible grief she withheld her gifts from the earth, which turned into a frozen desert. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dragon I’m struggling to control suddenly stops in midair, frozen, and then fades from view. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I was too scared even to cry; I just felt frozen and unable to move or think of what I should do next. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Malia shifts in her bed, and I freeze in place, hoping the noise wasn’t loud enough to wake her. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Ruth was standing just in front of me, so I couldn’t see her face, but her whole posture froze up. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

My butt is numb from sitting on the freezing bricks. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The scene was so unreal, I just froze. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

His cheeks were coated with an armor of frost, one eye was frozen shut, and he was slurring his words badly. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t find his shoes or my clothes in the excitement—and somehow the laces on his skates had knotted and frozen so I couldn’t untie them anyway. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

She froze, it froze, and then she moved her hand again. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

“You should come to Eyllwe with me when I return—and make sure you stay long enough to experience one of our blistering summers. Then you’ll appreciate your freezing mornings and days without sun.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The Beauty Minister is tapping her foot to an erratic beat but freezes when I enter. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“Holy shiitake mushrooms!” the twins, Velia and Delia, shouted in unison, frozen in place by the sight of the body bobbing up and down and side to side only a few feet away from us. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Ben, his back ramrod straight, seems frozen, staring at the whiteboard. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

He froze into a karate stance Tam Lin had shown him. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was deeply grateful for the chemical hand- and feetwarmers, which kept his extremities from freezing. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Fermi and his team of about fifteen students and scientists assembled in the freezing squash court. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I got the impression Ruth had on a serious, almost frozen look, like Tommy and I were people in a play she was watching. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, it’s pretty useful right this minute, seeing as how we now know we only have eight days left until the world freezes over and Time stops.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

When the twins burst into the clearing that held the plane, they both froze. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I wanted to reach out and help him, but I was frozen by my fear. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bus exhaust freezes, trapping all the noise in a gritty cloud. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

My father freezes, his eyes riveted on me. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mother’s face is frozen like I am speaking babble. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Here they were, gathered at one table, the nation’s foremost practitioners of what Goethe and Schelling called “frozen music.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I wait, frozen, but the catacombs fall silent again. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

When he lay down again the cat was gone from his side—another small night hunter slipping through the unquiet shadows that froze to stillness at his passing. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He turned to find the robot looming over him, too close to freeze. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The two of them froze in their corner. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

But he hadn’t seen it and I couldn’t speak to tell him, frozen in place as I was, my dying flashlight flickering over the blank woods. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

When these areas become frozen solid, some herons don’t seem to catch on and often will stand over a frozen stream for days waiting for the fish to return. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

She had just gotten home from work a few minutes before and had started on dinner by dumping a brick of frozen peas into a glass bowl. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

When I discovered my face was hot as a stove, I happily used it to warm my freezing hands. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her mother sometimes made chicken, but it was always out of packets or frozen, and was very dry, and it never tasted of anything. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

She’s wearing her jacket, which might be pink but was clearly designed for winter in Florida, and she looks completely frozen. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

They had been walking toward the Capital City, the frozen sea looking exactly as before, even though the Sea King warned them that some time had passed, perhaps as much as three moon cycles. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

One aircrew, lost in bad weather, landed in a field and couldn’t leave until the next morning when the ground had frozen. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

We were planning on going up to the cemetery, but it’s freezing outside and Mom won’t let us go. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Halfway down the block, another white guy stood frozen, watching. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The earth has frozen, it snows lightly at night, but Ms. Keen is determined to keep Spring alive in her classroom. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

I stood very still, gazed down at her with frozen calm. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“He asked for one pound and I paid it. For sharpening all the knives, and a jolly good job he made of them. One pound. A penny more than one of your frozen Greenland pizzas.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Four frozen figures from the Wonders of the World exhibit. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I said, “Here, you need the earbuds,” and I proceeded to put nothing into each one of his ears with the tips of my freezing thumbs. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I can hear the slight annoyance in my mom’s voice and yet I’m still frozen in place in my room, staring at my schoolbag. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

At dawn she hastily took down her tent, hoisted her pack to her back, and stepped onto the frozen river where walking was easier. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had always been a very affectionate child, but that day, when she saw me, she froze. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I froze, holding a few red Legos in my right hand. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

In the cold of winter, the wood frog’s heart freezes and stops, waiting until spring until it thaws and beats again. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“In my room, maybe? It’s freezing out here.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Hurley climbed into the frozen rigging and took scores of photographs, amazing everyone with his fearlessness and yelling outrageous Australian curses, just for fun. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

There’s a term in the hood for a face like Tony’s, that cold, frozen stare. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“Why?” he asks as he holds the pack of frozen peas to his jaw. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I go in to collect they plates and I hear Miss Hilly say, “I’m up to Chapter Seven,” and I freeze, the plates in my hand clattering. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want to serve him leftovers. I’m going to freeze this for the days I don’t have time to cook.” Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

When it began to get dark, Coraline microwaved herself a frozen pizza. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

She slipped the backpack off her back and dumped out the three cans of frozen lemonade. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

The others gathered around and stared at the trio, frozen, unsure of what to do. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Little kids were frozen mid-stride between one fun apparatus and another. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I watched as Dad lowered himself to the frozen ground, positioned his eye at the scope and, after what felt like an hour, pulled the trigger. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Every time I try to talk to my parents or a teacher, I sputter or freeze. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Celaena winced as a gust of icy wind blew back her hood and froze her ears. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

George Ferris fought the cold with dynamite, the only efficient way to penetrate the three-foot crust of frozen earth that now covered Jackson Park. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The forest was still and frozen around Dorian, and snow collapsed from the trees in large clumps as he passed by. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

We know it’s freezing outside and we’d like to stay in by that warm range but it’s easier to be in the streets playing than inside with Aunt Aggie and her nagging. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The first week of February was as cold as it could be in the city without completely freezing over. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

They start in the Ice Garden, though the twins grow impatient with the leisurely pace that Celia prefers to take around the frozen trees. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He stands there, frozen, as though questioning if he’s making the right decision. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Suddenly he remembered why they’d started following this route, and he froze in his tracks. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

In some of the thin-walled houses, it was so cold that water could freeze in a bucket before you’d finished washing. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

End precisely on the last beat of the rhyme and freeze! Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

She grabbed for the nearest piece of cloth to shoo them away and her heart froze with terror as she connected her daughter's evening baths with the mustard plasters that rolled onto the floor. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

This part of Daffodil Manor was freezing cold, and Ophie had often heard her mother complain that the rooms seemed to keep a chill even with a fire roaring in the hearth. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

The damp cold seems to cut right down to my bones, so he must be half frozen. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

So I followed her down to the frozen pond. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The line of kids waiting outside the school doors was longer than usual, even though it was freezing. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

The search took all day, and we arrived home late to find Dad eating a frozen supper. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

But then the air shifts and freezes me in my tracks. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

With the onset of winter Burnham ordered all hydrants packed in horse manure to prevent freezing. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

We put on our skis, got into harness as quick as possible, bucked and pried and jolted the sledge free if its runners were frozen in, and set off. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Confused, I move to follow him but freeze in the doorway. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

He felt something hard at the corners of his lips and touched it with his fingers; it was frozen saliva. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t know who the lawyer was, or why they’d been frozen in time or allowed to go free. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Hazel stared at the frozen remnant of her friend. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

He kind of reminds me of a friendly fisherman from a commercial for frozen fish sticks. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Danny Saunders stood on the base line a few feet from first, where he had stopped after I had caught the ball, staring out at me, his face frozen to stone. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I froze, too shocked to move or speak. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

The wind stopped rustling the trees; even the bug on Miles’s windshield froze in its tracks. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

In more temperate regions of France, where temperatures in the winter rarely fell below freezing, the same pattern held. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

“Something is wrong. For the sea to freeze...” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Her goodbyes froze in her throat as she realized her warm coat was made of pieces cut from the family’s own clothing. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Because they were frozen in the middle of screaming. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

When the pipe froze like that, we got our water by melting snow or icicles in the tin pan on the potbellied stove. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

If we crossed the frozen Vistula lagoon, we could then make our way down the narrow strip of land to either Pillau or Gotenhafen. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

When my cue came, I froze, and he was forced to propel me onto the stage. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Ay no,” my mother said, “the ground is frozen. Your father has been home two weeks—only the salt trucks are out.” Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The new group of visitors froze as they saw us charging toward them, followed by a mob of frightened tourists, followed by . The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

It was freezing cold, the wind driving off the sea; it had been raining for days. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She froze so quickly, Toby was surprised she didn’t fall over like a tipped statue. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“They didn’t send them to you frozen?” the scientist asked, knowing that contamination could have occurred while they thawed. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“Geryon, I won’t wait for—” He froze when he saw us. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Only half a gate, in truth, it had a drawbridge that spanned the frozen moat but no corresponding gateway through the outer wall, offering access to the outer ramparts but not the world beyond. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

When I saw the white woman, I froze. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I crawl indoors and up to my bedroom on hands of cracked ice, trailing shards of my frozen body behind me. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

He’s listening, frozen still behind the locked door of his bedroom. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Across the room, Bast froze with his hand on the door handle. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

My cruel words did their job — Charlie stayed frozen on the doorstep, stunned, while I ran into the night. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The dishes on the table shattered, everyone ducked and clapped their hands over their ears, and I thought I could hear, from the frozen floors below, cracks spidering through the ice. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

But right then my tongue was stuck and my brain was frozen. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the back of my mind were the stories I’d heard, of drunks, of old people, of careless skiers freezing to death, but for some reason none of this seemed to apply to me. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

It was impossible for me to swim in the freezing water. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rusting car hulks cast the only shadows across deserted yellow yards; in many places barbed wire had snapped between fence posts and now curled frozenly toward the sky. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

But before I can reply, Zero vanishes as the Silver Circle world around us freezes and fades into black. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I froze with my teeth halfway into my apple. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

And in the shops we saw clothing that showed so much skin we couldn’t believe the women of Birmingham could wear it without freezing. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

It is the first reported instance of the Atlantic Ocean freezing. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Havermeyer would chortle exultantly as he watched the tiny mammal freeze and roll its terrified eyes about in frantic search of the intruder. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

They froze like criminals caught in the act. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Celia said if you scowled all the time, your face would freeze that way. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly she sat straight up and I jumped back and froze. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Some of the other sailors had to haul life rafts in the freezing cold. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I freeze and pull the snacks and money into my lap as I start to decode. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“What do you say we go help them fight the freeze?” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She folded her legs beneath her and pulled the furs around her shoulders so that she wouldn’t freeze, and as Con and Kaede slept, she sat, her eyes half open, watching the dark. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Grandma turned around from the sewing machine, and froze. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Tree-ear froze, completely still except for the tips of his fingers in the clay. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

“He found him, down there somewhere. Lone Bear had been shot through the chest. But it was so cold, the blood froze around the wound and stopped the bleeding.” In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

Practically no living things crossed his path during those days in that universe of gorgeous frozen light. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

"They couldn't have froze. Not if the Wall was weeping. It wasn't cold enough." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Mango might not know any better than to go outside in the freezing cold, but the part of him that’s Grandpa should’ve. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

She ran outside barefoot, her feet freezing on the ice-cold pavement. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

The average January temperature in the city is 18 degrees Fahrenheit, well below freezing. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

But at least it was the summer, not the way the Cottages would get a few months on, with all the puddles frozen over and the rough ground frosted bone hard. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I thought dead bodies made you squeamish, like when we found that old beggar who froze to death.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Its slender towers twisted ever upward, frozen flames dancing as they reached for the sky. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

For me, that meant four days in the warehouse, and even in my clouded state it was clear I might freeze to death for real. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

They both freeze momentarily in place and look at me, shocked. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I wiped the tears from my eyes with my sleeve so they wouldn’t freeze to ice on my skin. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

And maybe once in a while she sees in her head my daddy running toward her on a half frozen lake. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

And the other servants always gossiped about everyday sights they had seen in town: the back stoops of stores always blocked with the frozen bodies of beggars. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The amazing horse took off at a gallop, racing up through the water, across the frozen sea, and back to the seaside. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

"Besides freezing your manhood off . . ." "I have drawn night guard," Jon said. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Turner set his hands against the freezing glass. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

The cup freezes halfway to my lips, and for a second I can't remember whether I was picking it up or putting it down. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

It filled in the dusty gaps between the stone tiles, and turned everything a bluish silver that made her feel as if she were frozen in an everlasting moment. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He was hurrying along with frozen hands and watering eyes when he saw her not ten meters away from him. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

If the riders do not look over but seem frozen in their seats, they are likely to be illegal immigrants. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Everyone went about with a red nose and a cloud of frozen breath. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

She stopped and froze them, palms up to the stars. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Their touch, combined with a touch from me and/or Sheed, can unstick a person, permanently freeing them from their frozen state. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“So noble! So valiant! But he must save himself, he must, Harry Potter must not —” Dobby suddenly froze, his bat ears quivering. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

No. The full force of the monsters attention was now pouring over me, freezing me in place. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

My cousins are frozen in place, but their eyes look past me, behind me. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Dad stood frozen on the third-to-top step, staring in the direction of their house. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She just stayed, a puff of wool frozen in time. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

The moon is asleep and I’m sitting on my porch roof like a frozen gargoyle, wondering if the sun is going to blow off the world today and sleep in. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Every time a leftover freeze hits an overachiever bunch of flowers, humans panic. But the flowers just say, ‘We got this. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

He whipped around to say he was sorry and froze. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The 25,790-foot ramparts of Nuptse defined the right wall of the Cwm, Everest’s massive Southwest Face formed the left wall, and the broad frozen thrust of the Lhotse Face loomed above its head. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

I flipped through a dozen tear-outs, then another, and then I froze. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Jon slid his dirk free, grabbing the man by the hair and jamming the point of the knife up under his chin as he reached for his—no, her— His hand froze. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

When I opened them again, everything seemed strangely frozen. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

The sound of a thousand voices spread over the frozen traffic like a Noise Umbrella. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just past the frozen vegetables and ice cream, there's a chest packed with ice. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Her slightly patronizing smile frozen on her face. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Then I was into fried eggs, boxes of cornflakes, and frozen pizzas. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a moment we’re frozen, sizing each other up, our weapons, our skill. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The password had evidently changed, however, for the stone gargoyle did not spring to life and jump aside, but stood frozen, glaring at Harry malevolently. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“How long do you plan on freezing out your sister?” her dad finally asked her. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

A shock went through my body, starting at my head like a lightning strike, then moving down, down into my legs, freezing them to the spot. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He holds a flaming sword, and the bubbling lava and the freezing mist are as one to him. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

The freezing cold was sucking the strength out of him. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

I toss some frozen blueberries into the mix. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Diego tore into it with the same zeal as the others but froze when he saw the front. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

If you experience freezing temperatures in winter, check your chickens’ water more frequently, breaking up ice or refilling with warm water as needed. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

It’s hot outside, but in here, I’m freezing. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

But it's just as likely that I froze. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

August 17 American Chicken Most food our cowboy brings is wrapped in plastic or pushed into cans, while chicken and beef are chopped and frozen. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

He’s coiling up some wire from the school display monitor and sees my smile, frozen, when I see him so close to Tats. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Except when I looked down, I got scared again and I froze. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Papá froze, took a deep breath, and then turned to look at the door to his left. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Now Francie felt that all the tears she had were frozen together in her throat in a solid lump and the lump was growing...growing. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Valerian is in deep red, cabochon rubies sparkling on his cuffs, each like a drop of frozen blood. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

If it had been that easy, the sword would have lain on the ground for him to pick up, not in the depths of a frozen pool. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

She felt split apart, broken, as frozen as the island that bore the weight of Elowen’s ambition. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

At first, I'm frozen, but then I catch sight of us on a large television screen and am floored by how breathtaking we look. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Sat in the store window nearly all day, wearing a veil, a duster, and a frozen smile. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

She froze, then slowly looked over her shoulder and saw that a big cat, probably a leopard, had jumped out of the tree and was on the path behind her. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

She made her listener see the snow in Canada, the trees hung with icicles, see Niagara Falls like frozen music in the winter. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The light entering the room was preternaturally intense, carrying with it the surplus radiance of the lake and its frozen shore. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“We’d better g—” he started to say, but his voice trailed off as he saw the expression on the face of the tense, still frozen boy beside him', then followed the direction of his gaze... The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whenever our team walked into another school’s gym for the dance, with me among them, I could feel the freeze. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

It looked like a sagging face of black rubber, with wide glass portholes like eyes that were frozen in shock, and a droopy snout that ended in a perforated canister. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Tootie was on the couch with a package of frozen peas on her head. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

She did not seem to have noticed; instead, a vague terror was freezing her features into a smirk-smile. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Every trickle of noise made Nhamo freeze and her body break out in sweat. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ice ball exploded, spraying his entire body with freezing, paralyzing streams of water, weighing down his arms, deadening his legs, squeezing his heart. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

She finally looked at me, her eyes cold as frozen coins. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Celaena froze, her breath catching as Nox scraped his hands and feet against the stone to catch hold. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I used to wonder if convention and good county manners would brave the surprise, and whether a smile of welcome would be summoned to the frozen face. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

We race back to their apartment, my bare arms freezing. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I picked up my feet, faster and faster, until I was dashing full speed across the frozen earth. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t we have somewhere to be? The Sleeper is off somewhere freezing people, and if we don’t stop him by the ninth day, all of them...” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He seemed frozen, looking downward almost in meditation. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“Did you get my letter?” she asked, and added, almost in the same breath, “You look almost frozen, you poor man. Why didn’t you wait inside? Did you get my letter?” Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Sudden Death can render a player of your choice frozen for the rest of the game, useless to his or her teammates. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“You are nearly frozen,” said Sidhean, and he took the cloak he was wearing and placed it around her shoulders. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every frozen thing—leaf, rock, and human—reminded her of one person: Mom. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Half an hour later I scrambled up its frozen snout and began the long plod to the Thumb. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

A cry escaped Mark’s lips before he could help it, and shock froze him solid. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

It was so cold that if you were stupid enough to go outside your eyes would automatically blink a thousand times all by themselves, probably so the juice inside of them wouldn’t freeze up. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had often wondered why birds’ feet didn’t freeze, and there was my answer. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know that this image will haunt me forever, staring down at Helene's frozen face, the sleet thick around us, the screaming wind that can't drown out the sound of death. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

My way went endlessly through forest country and past many lakes, not yet frozen. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was still frozen, watching, as the first shot was fired from above. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I freeze solid when I hear him say it. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

I wanted so badly to run, but I was frozen. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t until I was in the shower — the water too hot, burning my skin — that I realized I was freezing. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The snow had turned to freezing rain and the windshield was icing up. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

This, right here, was the true abdominal snowman: it felt like something freezing in his stomach. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

She froze with terror for a moment, and then her lips drew back from her teeth like a cat’s lips. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Does honor stop at the Bloody Cate? You accuse me of crimes, I deny them, so you throw me into an open cell to freeze and starve." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Sonya, the tiny African American woman across from me, seems frozen in terror. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her tears flowed and flowed as if they were still trying to extinguish the already-departed flames, and the freezing wind wrapped around her. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

“She couldn’t move. The electricity froze her to the wires.” Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

All those hopeless months, those freezing nights...gone now. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I froze in fear, like the deer when she smells the dogs. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Someone tried the door but it was frozen shut. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Bones sniffed the wind wildly and plunked into a frozen desk. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

His face froze and his popcorn bag began to shake. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

A lone coyote howled somewhere in the dark, and we froze momentarily. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

But his fingers, as if frozen in memory, remained tightly cramped and clawed, shaped like a shell over what they no longer held. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

She would have looked at me in scorn, smiling that freezing, superior smile of hers, and I can imagine her saying: “There were never any complaints when Mrs. de Winter was alive.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“No. Only in my mind. And I told the water to freeze and it did,” Nathan said. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

She stepped closer to the archway and froze when she saw the steps that descended into the murky darkness. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

As the freezing water flowed around us we rubbed the dirt off our bodies and without dirt both of us looked white as ghosts with farmer’s tans on our face and neck and arms. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I noticed that Joey had been just about to shoulder his door open, but he froze as soon as he heard my confession. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Dad froze and turned, locking eyes with Mom before looking at Ivy. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He turned happily to face Charles and suddenly he froze deep in his chest. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Roz I’m freezing can I join you by the fire please?” said a weak voice. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Then they drove away to deposit the crop in the potato barns with earth heaped high about their sides to prevent freezing. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shrug because the rest of my body is frozen. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

We sat in there with our shorts and T-shirts on and ate frozen Kool-Aid in paper cups. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I froze in my tracks and started yelling again at my pup. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The disks are frozen, but they have started to melt around the edges. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The snows had buried most of them again, but they were still there, hidden, frozen, waiting. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The policeman told me that on really cold days, homeless people are actually taken to the city shelters so they won’t freeze to death. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

It occurred to Otto that the creek might be time frozen. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The dogloo walls were made from blocks of ice, and the roofs were frozen boards of sealskin with snow piled on top. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

“If he’s hiding in the woods, he’s probably wet through and freezing cold.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Jay froze, then, inch by inch, he moved the flashlight back the way we had come. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

It was like his frozen breath was spelling out the awful words. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry had the impression that both had frozen. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Minutes turned into hours and the pinks and greens of sunset colored the frozen prairie. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fadi stepped out of the boys’ bathroom and froze like a rabbit hearing a hawk. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Nor did the clock make any of the whirring, ticking sounds it usually made as it ran, its hands now frozen solidly in place. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Her knees shook as they climbed the tiered staircase, the carved dragons frozen on their ramps of marble slabs. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

And why had he frozen at the wagon door? Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

No more freeze tag hide the belt hot peas and butter. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

The short and stout Clock Watchers shouted, “Crud!” in frozen unison. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Even if she made it without getting frozen, Greek fire would burn everything, including the ship and all her friends. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Nothing prospered there in Hearth or tilth, all being blighted with illness, the spring seed frozen in the ground or the ripe grain rotten, and so it had been for many years. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t want me freezing in the snow. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you remember that kitten you found, Merv, last year, frozen stiff?” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

But mostly because, as the trees froze and ice sheathed the roads, the chill between Baba and me thawed a little. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Looking back on it, when they were old, they did not remember that in this year it had ever rained or frozen. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

She froze in her tracks and did not respond, even as the greasy liquid trickled down her chest and horror painted her face. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their eyes looked dead; their expressions were frozen, like a puppet’s. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Of course,” she added, “it might turn cold again, and freeze, or even snow...” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

“No—it’s too cold. You must be freezing on that bare floor, with no clothes on.” Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the fish are frozen out, they’ll eat other things, including crustaceans, mice, voles and small birds. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

The lid creaks as Scoob’s lowering it to secure the latch, and he freezes. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

Some microbes froze to death after the first night and were never heard from again. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

My last need: something of warmth if it becomes freezing on the back of The Beast. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

There, make them freeze . . . once and for all! Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

How a little Indian boy and girl were lost in a blizzard and had frozen to death. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Departing their high camp at 1:15 on the morning of May 17, two Ladakhis and three Sherpas soon came upon the frozen bodies of their teammates. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

It usually freezes over in winter, and walking across it takes only a few minutes. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

He froze as if waiting for someone to yell—maybe the waiter again. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

The white, fur-lined cloak did little to keep the frigid air from freezing all of her. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Everybody froze when the train whistle blew one long time and the engine started saying shuh-shuh-shuh. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

He had heard or read somewhere that right before a person freezes to death, he suddenly feels nice and warm. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Displayed behind him were the tattered, frozen banners of a Roman legion, including a large, golden eagle with its wings spread. fVe await you, the giant’s voice boomed. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He took off his shoes and pounded the frozen earth with them. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

There are still bullet holes in her shirt; through them I can see her wounded skin, red but no longer bleeding, like she’s frozen in time. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

There was the ice on the oiled paper window, ice on the inside of the cabin walls on cold mornings, ice on the frozen paths and ice in the water bucket. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Most victims of hypothermia die in a much more dopey kind of way, in temperate seasons and with the air temperature nowhere near freezing. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

The days and the nights were so cold that the pork in a box and the bear meat hanging in the little shed outside the back door were solidly frozen and did not thaw. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a month of frozen hardness, of ice. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t poke me! And we won’t get caught. I”—we both froze as the wickedly sharp tips of three spears were leveled at our faces—“promise.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Everyone on the floor, on the risers, and in the stands seemed frozen in place. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The soldiers, petrified with fear, froze where they were. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Buried from root to crown in frozen snow, they huddled on the hill like giants, monstrous and misshapen creatures hunched against the icy wind. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I froze with terror, thinking that I had entered a cannibal cave; I wanted to turn back. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pinmei screamed, and her scream froze in the air, along with her legs. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Inauguration Day was bitingly cold, with temperatures never going above freezing and the wind making it feel more like fifteen degrees. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

At Pencey, you either froze to death or died of the heat. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

When he inhaled, he thought his lungs would surely freeze solid and stop working. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He turned to the doctor who was standing between them with a line between his brows, and his first polite smile frozen on his lips. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

‘I am no good after all. There is not enough of the breed of Bandobras the Bullroarer in me: these howls freeze my blood. I don’t ever remember feeling so wretched.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

His body fevered and froze in alternating currents of temperature. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Quick as gunfire, Ramfis leapt to his feet and crouched between his father and our frozen tableau. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Flux’s flashes were rapid-fire by then, with photos of frozen fighters spooling from the camera and falling to his feet like large, square confetti. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The huge white animal looked frozen on the shoreline, as motionless as the stones under its giant paws. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Not far from Rose Terrace, the lakefront opens up, black, empty, and frozen solid. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I think I should keep moving, to circulate my blood, as you are supposed to do in a snowstorm so you won’t freeze to death. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was his habit to walk to and from church every Sunday, and this he did, undeterred by tempests, boiling sun, or freezing weather. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

They’d spent long days slogging through the snow, freezing nights in whatever rudimentary shelter they could assemble or in the deserted huts of whaling camps when they were lucky enough to come across them. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The knights, their swords drawn, saw her and froze. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

The angel, startled by Amarante’s voice, froze stiff with its ears lying back flat; and then, realizing there was no immediate danger, it turned to observe the puzzling natural phenomenon. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

First, a group of researchers used HeLa to develop methods for freezing cells without harming or changing them. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

The Ritz grew solemn and still as he recited the mournful shipwreck saga and the wind outside shrieked in the frozen rigging. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

He was determined to try again for the conquest of the South Pole, but before he could organize a new expedition, two other explorers headed for the frozen continent. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

The dragon was a mile off, and yet the scout stood frozen until his stallion began to whicker in fear. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Sometimes she ventured on the road and they stumbled along behind her over the frozen ruts. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

My rubber boots crunched into the slush and frozen mud. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I tried to smile, but I had swabbed on so much anesthetic my lips were frozen in place like fish in a frozen pond. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

His brother let out a little whimper, and his sister and mother seemed frozen to their chairs. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Only if the Sleeper reached the Kingdom of Death by the new moon could his curse of frozen sleep become permanent.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She returned to the kitchen again so she could get some sugar, an egg, and water that wasn’t the freezing stuff from the cellar well, and returned to the barn. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Bridge and Jamie walked home together in a sharp wind that froze Bridge’s nose. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Every door in the citadel—every thing in the citadel—was frozen as it had been at the moment of Skathis’s death. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He froze as the Berg rushed in overhead, closer to the ground than Mark had seen it before. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The polar icecap had made Antarctica a frozen desert. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Maybe it was because of the freezing water, but for the first time, I could see his scar clearly. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

The boy spoke to him, but the great paws only dug harder to grip the frozen earth. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was standing on the promenade as if frozen solid, oblivious to the crowds passing him by. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

The tsar frowned at her, and her blood froze in her veins. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

I’m staring at the screen, frozen on Grandpa’s face. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

He strode over to the sofa where Dudley sat frozen with fear. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

The ice in front of Ingrid was red, frozen with blood. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Later that night, Sierra stood frozen at the foot of Lázaro’s bed. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Something rustles in the brush: it freezes in place as we become aware of each other. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

An icy mist covered the hills and froze on my windshield. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I told him all parts but that my feet were frozen. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The metal dogs glared at him, their mouths frozen in snarl mode. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

After a dozen steps I heard a low moan that froze me where I stood. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I freeze, watching them roll in every direction. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Then I noticed the framed picture on the mantel, and I froze. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

One day he backed himself up against a fence and froze there, Hard Tack-style, simply refusing to budge. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

They weren’t surprised that she was frozen mid-step, one black-and-white-striped stocking and a black clog shoe stretched ahead, not quite touching the ground. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry if frozen time is getting in the way of your napping.” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The boy was sprawled on a frozen lake, his eyes white and blind, his mouth open in a last word. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

The guard assured him that the river was frozen, and that even if he broke through, the water was only ankle-deep. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Coraline went to the freezer and took out the spare loaf of frozen bread in the bottom compartment. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

She was dead, frozen solid, but the thought of tanks rolling over her was more than I could bear. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Snaking down the frozen expanse as if suspended from heaven, a single strand of nine-millimeter rope beckoned like Jack’s beanstalk. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

I slip the magic glass into her frozen hand. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

His flesh froze with horror at the thought of it. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“I’m not hot. I’m cold. I’m freezing. Lord, Lord, Lord!” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Recognition entered my mind, and I froze, unable to speak. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I was still worrying and feeling a little frozen when my bedroom door opened and Mom came over and sat on the edge of my bed. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

The boys playing ball clear the street, stand on the side frozen, like it’s a funeral car passing by. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Even where the track widened it was treacherous,- there were cracks big enough to swallow a man's leg, rubble to stumble over, hollow places where the water pooled by day and froze hard by night. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He was freezing, and the sky outside the car was the deep luminescent purple that divides the dusk from the night. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

It was freezing cold, and there was no food prepared, not even hot water. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I freeze, suddenly realizing that I’m not alone. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

My hands freeze on the thin white pages. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

“It didn’t work. They had to put them back before they froze.” Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

The walk was long and hard, and Alex was almost surprised that the tears he shed didn’t freeze on his cheeks. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

My father had found the body of Narciso, frozen stiff under the juniper tree. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s freezing out here. You ready to go?” he asks. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

It’s like when his name was called at the talent competition, the way his mind freezes and goes somewhere else. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

“You didn’t have to answer, and I’d probably have frozen in the snow.” My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still her ghosts came at him, but the metal moved with them, flowing to block them, catching their weapons and freezing around them. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Completely ignorant to the split second when time froze, when I was sure we were going to kiss. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

I mean, I wasn’t sick or anything, but I was standing perfectly still, frozen as a Popsicle, counting prime numbers in my head. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even the thinning hair was frozen in stone. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Let’s play hide-and-seek,” Poppet suggests, and Bailey agrees before she unbuttons her coat and leaves it on a frozen bench, her white costume rendering her all but invisible. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I froze and slowly held up my hands. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The Taedong, as it flowed past Camp 14, was too wide and swift to freeze in the North Korean winter, which allowed dam construction to continue year round. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Even now, he was a Stark of Winterfell, and his grief and his rage froze hard inside him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He said him and St. Francis were the only two asking God to help those animals walking the cold streets not to freeze to death. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

The lake still froze in winter, but boodeggers didn’t drive over it anymore. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

She wordlessly strapped into her couch, her face a frozen mask. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a second, Scoob sits frozen, the phone attached to his face as if glued there. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

I ended up in a hospital, where they kept me for months after I arrived back in New York, staring at a wall, stunned silent, frozen rigid with anger and grief. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rabbits and field mice and all other small hunted that feel safer in the concealing light crept and hopped and crawled and froze to resemble stones or small bushes when ear or nose suspected danger. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Leper’s was one of these hearths perched by itself on a frozen hillside. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Let’s go,” he whispered, but froze at once. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

When the girl pushes it open, I feel the cold hit my face like I’ve walked into the frozen food aisle at a grocery store. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

They ought to have moved with the angle of the sun, but she was sure they were frozen in place. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

How many other frozen animals were hidden beneath the snow? The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Without the dark parts it’s just some silly f—” Chronicler froze halfway through the word, eyes darting nervously to the side. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

If I don’t move soon I will be frozen in the creek. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I froze and a few kids laughed at me. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

“You didn’t even buy me frozen yogurt,” she pointed out. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I freeze and stare at Rock, wondering if he knows about Daddy’s stories. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

The meat was already beginning to freeze, making it hard to cut. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I froze next to her, afraid to move. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

But then an idea occurred to me and I froze. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

You remember that feeling of cold, freezing rain down your back I was telling you about? Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

So she was surprised when he said, “I’d rather freeze to death than get judged by my family too.” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

A frozen orange juice can came flying out of one of the windows and barely missed me. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

My brain almost froze at the possibility of talking to Arletta. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

The room was freezing, due to wartime fuel shortages. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gabriel watched her, standing frozen between the door and the weeping bed. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Yet he took no lasting harm except in his left hand, which was frozen and must be amputated. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

The sun from the east sparkled on everything and created a frozen fairyland. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Snow pellets borne by 70-knot gusts stung my face; any exposed flesh was instantly frozen. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Then the log house would be almost buried in snowdrifts, and the lake and the streams would freeze. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Obinze, his expression carefully frozen in neutrality, handed the license over to the registrar behind the desk. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

She looks at me like winter has inched through the house and we are freezing from the inside out. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Look, you’d better put your clothes on if you don’t want to get frozen stiff.’ I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

I wade into the freezing water, watching my feet and then my legs go down into it, long and white and thinner than on land. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“It will be cold tonight. The mud and snow will freeze.” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

And then a gunshot—two more—four more from a different gun—a sudden immense shock, and immediately the freezing water began to gush in, and nothing would ever stop it now. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

She stops tucking and just sort of shifts her jaw at me, frozen. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Inside, intersecting shadows left by a vacuum cleaner were frozen on the surface of a plush pear-colored carpet. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

We’d reached a spot where the hedges were high on both sides, and the ground was covered in frozen cowpats, when Ruth suddenly stopped a few steps behind me. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The water froze where his foot touched it. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Every soldier within reach of the glare would freeze while it lasted. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Our promises don’t matter,” I say, thinking of Prince Dain’s geas still freezing my tongue, of how little any of them trust us. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Then she would freeze the food in bags. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

My limbs are frozen, head to toe, and I stand there with my power-up in my hand, unable to budge an inch. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

When the temperature dropped below freezing near Mount Hood, Frank had brought out the piece of tinder and held it in his hands, imagining how nice it would be to have some fire. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

That single word thundered down around me, freezing me in place. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Every cloud, every car on every motorway, even Mrs. Thatcher in the House of Commons'd frozen, listening, watching, thinking, What's wrong with Jason Taylor? Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Some had frozen together, and the frost that covered them glittered when they moved. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The giantess toppled backwards - steaming white and frozen solid. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

As the transport swung out onto High Street, I heard the tires crunch the salt crystals covering the frozen asphalt. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Had all the island animals frozen to death? The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I was frozen, hardly breathing, with my mouth stuck open and my stomach flopping like a fish in the bottom of a boat. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

She would never again allow weakness or softness, fear or ineptitude to hold her frozen. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The sight makes Moreau’s fangs flash in my head and I totally freeze up. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

I slurped on a lime Popsicle, continuing my quest to survive on frozen treats, and leafed through the pages, wondering which part to draw next. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

It started to drizzle, and the water froze on my face. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Please thank Kevin again for all the clothes he gave me, I would have froze to death without them. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fountain she spoke of rested in the center of the green space and was also frozen. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Certainly,” said Hal, with freezing politeness, taking hold of the gee-pole with one hand and swinging his whip from the other. The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z

The same woman asked, “Did the freeze kill off the rest of your fish?” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

They’re now all frozen stiff, he said to himself as he shut off the transmitter. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

He felt the elf freeze and released him. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Piper tried not to look down at Jason’s frozen body as she passed. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I freeze as a bike screeches toward me, and I don’t even react when one of the boys pulls me out of the way. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I stand frozen for a long time, just watching, wondering if this can be real. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The audience is frozen, hanging on my every word. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Every tree dripped frozen icicles, from the top down to the ground. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad doesn’t have the heater on and I’m freezing, but I’m afraid of what he might say if I ask him to turn it on. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

He had stayed frozen in the stands, not wanting to accept it or confront it, hoping that it would go away after a few nervous moments. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I realized that the diorama had frozen—the boys were in mid-stride. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I emerged in the decimated camp, standing for a moment, frozen. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Waist-high in the water, already shivering from the breeze on her wet body, Tally heard something that made her heart freeze. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Those few who survive the initial impact die slowly, frozen and alone. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

His mother returned with a bag of frozen peas for Rawiya. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

They will ignite the dwelling within minutes if not found and frozen with a suitable charm. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The water had risen up to the ceiling of the tunnel, so even assuming he could swim in temperatures that must be close to freezing, he would be unable to breathe. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Most of them starved, froze to death, or were sold into slavery. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

I froze, my words withering on my tongue, my face turned up in shock at my father’s expression. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

And true to form, I got us to our seats below the rostrum at the Capitol long before the ceremony, so long before that we nearly froze. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fox froze, wary eyes fixed upon this strange new phenomenon. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

They stumbled over the frozen ground, Hunt wincing from gout, cursing, disbelieving; Olmsted, his teeth inflamed, his night an ordeal of wakefulness, limping from his long-ago carriage accident. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

He sent some tubes of frozen serum to laboratories for testing—to the National Institute of Virology in Sandringham, South Af- rica, and to the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In my pocket, the Stygian ice dog whistle started to grow colder, freezing against the side of my leg. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

I had froze solid, sticking to the dirt. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still the parachute-rockets shoot up and cast their pitiless light over the stony landscape, which is full of craters and frozen lights like a moon. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the third plane began to blaze, Larisa snapped out of her frozen terror. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

At each halt a frozen, unbroken silence lay outside the steel walls of our box, the silence of vast wastelands, of the heights. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

I flush at being called beautiful and talented, but when he says indfgena, I freeze, then glance around to make sure none of my coworkers are close enough to hear. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

A thousand frozen stars preside over the quad. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

She froze, but as she did so, a massive wind shoved into her from behind, making her stagger into the room. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

She tried to make her brain tell her, but it lay frozen in her skull like a woolly mammoth deep in a glacier. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

“If my dog gets hit by a car or freezes to death, it’s going to be your fault!” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Running home, racing through the snowfall, his hair froze into icy tufts. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

When the bus arrives, I breathe a sigh of relief ’cause if I swallow one more drop of frozen air, my vocal cords might go into a state of hypothermia. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Pantalaimon prowled, cat-formed, a little farther afield, and came across four heavy sandbags broken open, with the scattered sand already freezing hard. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

It did not feel cold to her bare hands, and whether that was because it was really glass or because she was so frozen that ice felt like wood to her, she did not know. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

The Soviet soldiers involved in this war found themselves in an icy stalemate, freezing and starving to death. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

I could have shut off the suit's heating systems and let the airlock cool to freezing. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tears, like slender icicles, were frozen to his cheeks. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

A moral freeze: I couldn’t decide, I couldn’t act, I couldn’t comport myself with even a pretense of modest human dignity. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Schools were places for information, and answers, and guidance, but was there supposed to be information, and answers, and guidance about frozen time at Fry High’s empty gym? The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Gold bundled up, left the house, and found Yatzkov at the station, wet and freezing. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sit in my chair, the wreath on the ceiling floating above my head, like a frozen halo, a zero. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

A crust of frozen snot had formed below Jojen’s nose, and from time to time he shivered violently. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

My face is numb; my nose feels frozen. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

The teachers, the chaperones, the parents, the hundreds of Jewish kids in their yarmulkes—they froze and stared aghast at us up on the stage. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Finally, my ears feel frozen in the shade of the dugout, so I get up and walk across the park and then home. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

He stood next to his father, frozen with fear, hoping the boss wouldn’t scream at him, too. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the snow softened in the afternoon sun, the hoofs of our yaks punched through the frozen crust, and the beasts wallowed to their bellies. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Across the room, Kevin stood frozen, staring at the spot where I had been. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

One of my fingers or a part of my face will just freeze up. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

We crossed the frozen Ey a mile or so north of town. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

All those digital pieces of you become frozen. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

He sprang to his feet, then froze at the sound of a muffled crash upstairs, followed by a stream of oaths. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Half an hour later, the only thing outside that proved not to be frozen was the sun. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She briefly contemplated jumping in the Boggy Crone River, before remembering it was frozen. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

No, they are just frozen historical accidents: the “correct” forms are those that happened to be used in the dialect spoken in the region around London when written English first became standardized several centuries ago. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Melting snow meant frozen hands and feet, and the worst part was that it seemed a ton of melted snow only produced a quart of water. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He froze as the other players turned to look at him. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Rowan held up another bag of frozen protein. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Because lounging against the western building, midway down the street, were the other two men from the group, both watching with excited smiles as I froze dead on the sidewalk. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I rolled around on the cold, frozen ground and laughed and laughed and laughed. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Henry freezes, standing there all artistically posed with his thighs apart and one knee up, the fabric straining. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The winter days were short, so there was no time to waste, and rather than walking all the way around the pond, Roz tested its frozen surface to see if it was safe to cross. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

And get a fire lit before you freeze what's left of your brains. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

I picked up the envelope and rubbed my thumb across the seal, but all of a sudden, my fingers stopped working and I froze in place. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Jethro tramped the frozen fields and thought of the things Ross Milton had said. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s smack in the center of the menagerie, under rays of glorious light, surrounded by banners advertising sarsaparilla, Cracker Jack, and frozen custard. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Those who still had faces wore thick beards crusted with ice and frozen snot. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

There wasn't enough time to blow the whistle, so Canton's mother, Ms. Post, went chasing after Kenzi, who, once he realized a bus was coming, froze in the middle of Portal Avenue. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

Every pore of his body screamed in protest: The very air in his lungs seemed to freeze solid as he was submerged to his shoulders in the frozen water. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Still, fighting is not gonna solve anything,” Chantal says as she wraps a bag of frozen broccoli in paper towels for me to put on my forehead. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I froze, trapped between the urge to flee and the unbearable thought of being alone. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

But a day passed, then two, and Blaine remained caged in his frozen silence. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

On December 6, Soviet soldiers began to push the frozen and exhausted German troops away from the city. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

For the second time on that frozen day, they didn’t need to look further for whatever clue, obstacle, or plain old terror came next. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Snow fell and did not melt; the earth stayed frozen beneath it. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He turned with a scowl of distaste and began to pull away, only to freeze as he caught sight of me. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I was thinking that Ben was probably freezing, too—and scared to death by now. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Getting frozen yogurt with someone else, on the other hand, was a different story. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“The front is looking bad because of the freeze. Those plants are supposed to be cold-hardy, but nothing is going to come through a freeze like that completely undamaged.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tilting his head, Clayton saw the lizard, frozen where it stood atop the rock den. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

His friend was found the next day, “half out of his sleeping bag and frozen solid.” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

The sky was a gloom of cloud, the woods dead and frozen. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Normally this would have been when Lelia started something, shook up the embers, but sitting there on the end of the bench she looked all frozen and chipped. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Felix was freezing, but his mom didn’t seem to notice the temperature. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

We went off to work as usual, our bodies frozen. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

And O’Connor frequently moves temporal modifiers to the front of the sentence: When the cold weather arrives; When the fish are frozen out; In the winter; When these areas become frozen solid. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

"The watch commander tells me I must walk, to keep my blood from freezing, but he never said how fast." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Harry was more than willing; the wind was fierce and his hands were freezing, so they crossed the road, and in a few minutes were entering the tiny inn. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Janie walked towards the stairway slowly, and Tea Cake sat where he was, as if he had frozen to his seat, in fear that once he got up, he’d never get back in it again. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

"The rangers say it's just woods and mountains and frozen lakes, with lots of snow and ice." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

A bolt passed within a foot of him, shattering the crust of frozen snow that had plugged the closest crenel. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I hurry over to the bench but then freeze when I realize Ambrose might blame me for what happened to Ma. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

She tensed and froze up when she saw me, but I could see her shoulders relax when she realized it was just me. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Grover wasn’t dead, thank the gods, but his whole body trembled like he was freezing to death. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

It even shocked Toby, who froze long enough to let Jimmy get back to his feet. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

And thaws my frozen heart just the slightest bit. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

I rubbed my frozen hands together until the feeling returned to my fingers, then put on the gloves and visor and used the rig to log into the OASIS. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“In winter, the lazy man freezes to death.” Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Alex, mouth hanging open, remains frozen in his seat for a few seconds. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I stand to the side as Nora freezes and looks around the room, completely confused. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

I stand frozen, or I hold up the line with the complete, grammatical sentence that comes squeaking out at impossible length. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I found them. They’re frozen solid. They’re nothing but white ice from the tips of their noses to the ends of their tails.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Through the freezing, foot-deep water sloshing around at the ship’s bottom, they crawled to the front of the ferry. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finding the river only partially frozen, they built a raft and launched it—“but before we got half over, we were jammed in the Ice.” George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

A trail of broken wayns and frozen corpses stretched back behind them, buried beneath the blowing snow. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Our development was still raw, mostly unfinished skeleton houses and freezing pits of mud. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

He was trying to figure out how to string a frozen gryphon onto his necklace. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He said Mr. Canton opened the frozen door on Joseph’s side. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

I touch my cheek, my lips, the puckered scar above my eyebrow, and am just running my fingers through my silken hair when I freeze. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Here the Continental Army had suffered through a winter of their own, and the vast, stark, frozen desolation itself seemed a more proper monument than statues and stones. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hear crunching—footsteps in the frozen dead leaves covering the ground. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

“Press it in the wounds for me, Lyra. Fold the flesh over it and then hold some snow there till it freezes.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Being sick might have meant staying home in our freezing house instead of spending the day in a toasty classroom. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He’s frozen there with his mouth slightly open, until he breathes. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

In the inflationary expansion one might expect that eventually the symmetry between the forces would be broken, just as supercooled water always freezes in the end. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Men froze by winter and sweltered in summer. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

It was frozen in a moment of horror and fear. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

God knows how I walked up the rooty, twisty path from the frozen lake on that busted ankle. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

They had taken off my wet, frozen clothes and stuffed me under thick, warm blankets. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

My feet went numb and my entire body froze. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Despite all the blankets on him, Grandpa was shaking like a dog pulled out of a frozen pond. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Just the drums and the Colored Boy Scouts passing out explanatory leaflets to white men in straw hats who needed to know what the freezing faces already knew. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stepped closer, and her heart froze around the edges. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

They all seemed to be frozen—giant stuffed animals, unable to move. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Snape seized the branch Lupin had used to freeze the tree, prodded the knot, and vanished from view as he put on the cloak. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

But she was frozen in terror, her senses smothered by the sickly sweet smell. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

In the mornings the milk is frozen, the cream risen in icy, granular columns out of the bottle necks. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

An unseen air conditioner hums loudly, blasting freezing air into the room. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

The meeting was breaking up just as Stella decided she and Tony were about to surely freeze to death. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

It jutted one hip to the side, jammed a fist against the hip, and said, “What are you idiots doing? You’re going to freeze to death.” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

For a moment he froze, consumed with despair. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

The men used jets of live steam to thaw dirt and prevent newly poured cement from freezing. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The winter chill has swept away the fall leaves, and the grass beneath them is frozen. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He leaped out of the coffin with ease, and where his feet touched the floor, the marble froze like craters of ice. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

He moved closer until the Imadas’ dog came loping around the corner of the house and then he froze, prepared to bolt. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Hazel thought she might freeze just looking at him. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

It felt like a frozen leg of lamb going down there against my skin. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Hatred made her freeze, in spite of the mild air wafting around her, telling her that the world was a good, safe place. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

For a single, precious second, the Demons all freeze. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He stayed frozen, rooted to the spot as all grew silent, except for the whistling song of a few birds in the distance. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

As their thermal clothing and hunting techniques improved, Sapiens dared to venture deeper and deeper into the frozen regions. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Animals of the island! You do not have to freeze! Join me in my lodge, where it is safe and warm!” The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

She was frozen, rigid, as if electrified to the chair. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Compton saw Lawrence freeze, his mouth half open in surprise. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

He froze in the touching position for a long moment, then stood and walked proudly off into the dark. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Wet clothes froze solid when you tried to dry them anywhere but right next to the fireplace—but when you dried them there, they sometimes ended up burned. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Now that they were on level ground, zooming through Fry, zigging around frozen people and things, they found their bikes maintained only the narrowest lead over the creature. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I felt the warm light of the sun running over my skin, tut my arms and legs were frozen. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

She felt like she might shatter into a million frozen pieces. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

For a long time she seemed to be frozen in one place without moving at all. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lyra moaned and trembled uncontrollably, just as if she had been pulled out of water so cold that her heart had nearly frozen. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

“I come from land of frozen desert beyond Icy Waste,” he said. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

They were moving to their wintering ground ahead of the deep freeze and the snow. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Propped on her side, she froze, with the corner of a pillow clenched in one hand, and beamed her raw attention into every recess of the house. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He turned slowly, freezing in place when the bones threatened to shift, then moving again, aiming toward where he thought the nearest edge lay. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their feet splashed and crunched through the frozen marsh. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Are you coming, beggar-boy, or are you a statue with your feet frozen to the ground?” A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

His eyes were wide, his face completely frozen in shock. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

But what excited scientists most was that freezing gave them a means to suspend cells in various states of being. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

It was hard to believe, but there he was, frozen in the doorway, his arms rigid, staring out. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

"They say it grows so cold up here in winter that a man's laughter freezes in his throat and chokes him to death," Ned said evenly. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The moons held and froze them; the wind beat slowly around them. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

White mist hung in the air like frozen spiderwebs, and the roaring flames of the Burning Sea faded as a blanket of eerie silence covered us. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I hated meat packing, it smells like what it is, a bunch of frozen dead animal corpses. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Cooking frozen lasagna had tired his mum out so badly she fell asleep five minutes into EastEnders. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

I was on my way upstairs when something made me freeze. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

As we were walking home, my clothes froze on my body. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

But Yoyo, just frozen in a spin, happens to look up and see him. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

He freezes for a second, eyes fixed on mine. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

Dr. Constantine sniggered and Mrs. Hubbard immediately froze him with a glance. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Coming to New York had perhaps been an unconscious attempt to keep the old freezing unit going, but it hadn't worked; hot water had gotten into its coils. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

We all froze, except for Brother Fowles, who jumped up and held out his hand to Father with the left hand clasping his forearm, secret handshake of the Congolese. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cliffs of blue ice lining our path take on a darker, more ominous color, and the frozen beasts inside them start to look alive. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I think about hightailing it into the woods, but I’m frozen. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

They froze, one of them in midpounce, then dried up and quickly disappeared into the ground. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

“I guess so,” I answer, but then I just sit there, frozen in place. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

When he returned to the porch, he froze. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

He freezes with his hands still closed around my wrists. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

He’s down one of the frozen aisles, pizza sauce all over his face. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I clasp the flask between my hands even though the warmth from the tea has long since leached into the frozen air. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, one thing I know is that I’m freezing stiff,” Miss Annie said. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

She leaned back in the chair as far as she could go, leaving his hand frozen in the empty space. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

It felt like freezing water on my face. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Alone in his freezing cell, Stockdale communicated with the other Americans using an ingenious “tap code.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He was referencing Ray’s job as a Schwan’s man, delivering frozen foods across the plains of eastern Montana. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

He will he still and cold beside Heimdall on the frozen battlefield. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

When he’d first crossed the river, sixty-seven, days earlier in the freezing temperatures of April, it had been an icy but gentle knee- deep creek, and he’d simply strolled across it. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wind was swirling from the west, driving still more snow across the frozen surface of the lakes. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I just stared at the frozen egg on the screen, right before the splat. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Up on stage, the actors stood frozen, staring at a flickering light that emanated from a far corner of the theater as the feathered microraptors shrieked and scattered. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

She brought the coffee mug to her lips, then froze. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like everyone else - monster and demigod alike - they froze in horror and watched as the whirling column of earth erupted from the top of the next hill, and Gaia appeared in all her glory. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

My entire body is glued to my seat, frozen, motionless. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden, a rustle and then a thump in a bush ahead made Omakayas freeze. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

I froze, but my sister came through with the name of a movie just before she kissed my mother on the cheek. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

The snows would melt then the wind would freeze the water into ice. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nathan looked back at his father, who was still dumbfounded by the frozen water bottle. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“Sure. But whatever you do, don’t put a frozen casserole in the microwave.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Imagine, I thought, if Lake Pátzcuaro froze all the way through. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

He wouldn’t have made Henry banish himself to a bunch of frozen shrubbery, and he wouldn’t have just stood there while Henry gave him the most important kiss of his life. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Shadow turned, slowly, streaming images of himself as he moved, frozen moments, each him captured in a fraction of a second, every tiny movement lasting for an infinite period. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

“This place has been empty for months. You could freeze to death sleeping here.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Oh my God, you are a child. If we leave you alone here, you’ll freeze to death, you’ll starve to death.” Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some looked over their shoulders instead of in front of them and ran smack into the frozen cars. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

She freezes, and I can tell that she doesn't know whether to wave or scoot back so he doesn't see her. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

And yet, we have not all starved or frozen to death. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

And it wasn’t even as though Madame did anything other than what we predicted she’d do: she just froze and waited for us to pass by. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although prison guards and their legitimate children belong by blood to the core class, they are fringe functionaries locked away for most of their working lives in the freezing hinterlands. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Her face is frozen in terror at the sight of him, and she makes no move to defend herself as he pins down her arms, laughing like he did when he kissed her. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Until two years ago, he and his sister Bianca had been frozen in time at a place called the Lotus Hotel and Casino. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

At the same moment, his avatar froze, as if he’d been turned to stone, and a log-out icon appeared directly over his head. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Outside Dr. Medina’s Wild Animal Hospital, Mr. Reynolds, the mailman, was frozen in midair, both knees raised like he was leaping a fence and his mouth stretched in a yell. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

We dreamed the wealthy family would take us in, ladle thick soup into porcelain bowls, and let us warm our frozen toes by the fire. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

On freezing days I have to take bus 209, which is the bus that goes to the apartments, the trailer park outside of town, and all the way out in the boondocks. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

My body freezes as I wonder how long it would take for him to cross the curtain and find me. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

When I finally arrived on the frozen plain of the ice cap, I found that my tracks had long since drifted over. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was found a few days later, frozen to death on the ice. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

He breathed it out in clouds and it froze in white frost on his mustache and beard. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the sun would be up soon, so I knew I could crash there in my hideout without worrying that I would freeze to death. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

As she moved in his direction his heart lurched before freezing altogether in his chest. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

And now I sat in a freezing barn, alone, so far from home. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

One of the black vapory ghosts was wearing the lion’s-skin cape of a standard bearer and holding a pole with a golden eagle, icicles frozen to its wings. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

For an instant after the bell there was dead silence and frozen motion. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He froze up again when he spoke of the holster and the gun, and Wanda pulled him into a hug. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The big kid, Frank, froze with a forkful of spaghetti halfway to his mouth. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He swung an arm as though to loosen a frozen shoulder. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He ate only to keep from starving, warmed his body only enough to keep it from freezing to death, ran only because there was no reason to stop. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mitraillette, who gave me her pullover, must have been freezing with only that frilly blouse under her coat. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

I looked around at the adults and they were all leaning forward, but were frozen as if they didn’t know what to do next. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mango takes off for shelter in the trees, and I freeze while the wind whips up around me. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

I sat frozen in my seat, staring blankly after him. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Jemmy took another crackling step backward— and froze. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

I took another deep breath of the frozen air before I opened the door, confused that I should be so awake after such a long day. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

And when the autumn storms came howling, the coast got sleet and hail and freezing rain rather than snow. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

We would either freeze or be burned up. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ve had those diet frozen pizzas, but they taste like card board, and they don’t look anything like the ones they sell in pizza places. The melting cheese, the pepperoni.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

But there was only the frozen, sandy beach stretching as far as the eye could see, and Con, sitting on the ground propped up against the packs they had pushed over the edge. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

After letting freezing night temperatures break down the tubers’ cell walls, Andean farmers stomped out the water content to make dried chuho, a nigh-indestructible foodstuff that could be stored for years. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

She glanced at Mini, who was trying to keep the cloak tied over the frozen Sleeper. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The shock of the sudden light froze them too. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

It is wet water that drops from the sky—and drops and drops and drops—not the frozen kind. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

And what the scorching, searing, freezing, poisoning weapons of non-life have failed to do may be accomplished to the end of its destruction and extinction by the tactics of survival gone sour. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sofya's hand froze to the propeller blade of the plane she was working on. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

He pushed it with the tips of his fingers and the hinges yielded with a mournful and articulate moan that left a frozen echo inside of him. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Harry had taken one step toward it when a slithering sound made him freeze where he stood. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Somebody got up and yelled: “We must not remain sitting. We shall freeze to death! Let’s get up and move . . .” We all got up. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then what I did, I went down near the lagoon and I sort of skipped the quarters and the nickel across it, where it wasn't frozen. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Bernard Walker!” she shouts, and all the boys freeze. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

“I am not worried, Harry,” said Dumbledore, his voice a little stronger despite the freezing water. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

In the centigrade scale, zero degrees is the freezing point of water. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

All the rain from yesterday had frozen solid — coating the needles on the trees in fantastic, gorgeous patterns, and making the driveway a deadly ice slick. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I tried to open the door carefully and quietly, but it was frozen shut. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“So you can take your stupid jacket ’cause you’ll probably freeze without it. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

“First they make you strip and put this little gown on. It’s made of paper and all this cold air gets in. You freeze. Then they make you lie on this table, spread-eagled.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I heard a deep voice say, “That’s a hell of a thing to do. Come running in here saying the dogs are frozen solid.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m frozen for a moment, suddenly uneasy in the midst of this extravagance. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He cleaned and cut up the six beasts, hung some of the meat to freeze, stewed some for our meal that night. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

The signal-burr brought all three to a halt, and the angry tumult of growingly unrestrained emotion froze. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Jack saw the wolf before she did, and he gasped and froze, pointing ahead. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Oh good. It’s you two. Close your mouths before your tongues freeze.” Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

I ordered a Scotch and soda, which is my favorite drink, next to frozen Daiquiris. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

The woman in front of them had it covered with frozen dinners, snack cakes, and two-liter sodas. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

They reach the edge of a frozen pond, where a pine grows as tall as a cathedral. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

He had to make it before he froze to death. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

When it finally came, Eldin froze, and the ball sailed past him, clean: goal. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Lyra found Lord Asriel in a room whose wide windows overlooked the frozen sea far below. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Had we not had the benefit of a greenhouse effect, the Earth might well have frozen over permanently, and life might never have gotten a toehold. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

“The cells were frozen over a hundred years ago.They can’t be as healthy as samples taken yesterday.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

As if she had ESP, Mamá froze in midslice and looked up, making immediate eye contact with me. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Or how we feel a surge of love for a partner but we don’t say anything because we’re frozen with the fear of what those words might do to the relationship. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she passed Ash, frozen in the hallway, she briefly touched her shoulder as if to reassure her. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

His left hand twitched and moved back and forth, pretending to pull the at.oow over his freezing body. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Cordelia tries to look at them sincerely, head-on; they are blinded by the glare, and freeze like rabbits in a headlight. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

And the man did, with the blank look of someone whose skull had just been cracked open and exposed to freezing air. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I froze, my hands hovering over the keyboard. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Lola pulled a bag of frozen Brussels sprouts out of the freezer and plopped them into the cart, too. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

It sent out freezing air, and if I reached my hand up, I could feel my hands turn icy. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Everything that goes in the trailer has to be comfortable in nearvacuum and freezing temperatures. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The landing site was at the near edge of the great desolate region, a peat-marsh too boggy to be farmed or settled, and now in mid-Irrem a flat frozen waste many feet deep in snow. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

I am a deer frozen in the headlights of a tractor trailer. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

On one of the smaller screens above her is an image—a piece of the surveillance footage we just watched, frozen at a particular moment in time. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Even though it was April it was freezing cold at night and she said You wouldn’t believe what it costs to heat this drafty old house. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Otto hadn’t thought his freeze pose through, having put more weight on his left leg than his right, as if he was getting set to run a race. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

She turned it upside down, then stroked, with her index finger, the minuscule frozen folds of its robes. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

The station looked eerie, desolate, frozen with only remnants of the chaos that had taken place. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

I realize through a haze that she has used a power-up on me, too, something that has rendered me frozen. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

As if on cue, a sheet of ice silently calved off the side of the glacier and crashed into the sea, spraying water and frozen shrapnel several stories high. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The fact that he knew her name froze her just as solidly as his appearance had frozen her mother. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

You jerk up, you freeze, you squint at the dark. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps she paused to rest and froze to death. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

This time, she had left the beach behind entirely; she was floating, hovering up high, ascending toward the glass windows set into thick, frozen walls. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He stopped when he was knee-deep and wrapped his big arms around his black body like he was freezing cold. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

David was frozen with it, did not know how long he stayed with one hand reaching up as if to touch where the dolphin had been, touch the curve of blue fire. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Tim, butcher the cattle. Let the meat freeze and hide it in the loft under the hay until you need it.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead of capturing Flux in the camera’s flash, Sheed caught that Clock Watcher, who froze, still airborne in her tackling pose. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Bon and Bleoberis were crouching over a bright fire, to which the bitter wind seemed to have given the property of throwing out light without heat Even the fire seemed frozen, like a painted one. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

My fingers felt numb and inflexible, frozen around the shard as though my skin was just a glove for the dybbuk. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

All the world was frozen, the distant trees, the telephone lines, the grass in the yards of the downriver houses, the ground itself. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

It was freezing on the tiny platform; rain was driving down in icy sheets. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

My eyes flicker to the gun, but that’s not what freezes me to the spot. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

When she told him about their nightly promenades, their whispers, and their suffocated cries, Jean de Satigny was rooted to his chair, his fork frozen in midair and his mouth locked open. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I dropped to my knees on that frozen piece of earth, weary to the core of my body. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grady froze, crouched over his burger with his pinkies extended and lips spread wide. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Every time I try to, it’s like the words freeze in my brain, which makes the lead freeze in my pencil. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

“And such a skinflint a penny would freeze to your fist before you’d spend it,” the phrenologist snapped. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

And then I froze because I suddenly remembered the other part. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Although Fig was practically comatose, I remained frozen at the event horizon. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Jacobs looked at her with weary eyes, and Hazel froze. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

In the dim light he could see Leslie’s face freeze into its most queenly pose—the kind of expression she usually reserved for vanquished enemies. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

Yan Chang warned me that my skin would freeze and crack into a thousand pieces. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

But as he brought them closer, he froze, staring at the face of the guard. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Standing here and there like frozen party guests were Medusa’s garden statues— petrified children, satyrs, and centaurs—all smiling grotesquely. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

The girls’ restroom—the place where the bomb exploded— has also remained frozen in time. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Still, having that mom was better than having a frozen mom. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Every now and then I would signal my mother to stop so I could rub some warmth into my hands and feet, which kept on getting frozen every short while. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I craned into the open air, had my teeth around the plant fiber, and was about to start gnawing when voices made me freeze. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

My dad started talking, but I couldn’t hear anymore; I was frozen in place in the doorway of my bedroom, clutching a pair of jeans. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shin scurried up the riverbank and hid briefly in the woods, where his wet feet began to freeze. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

To many Soviet citizens, life itself seemed frozen in place. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Adam began to visit the ice plant, and pretty soon he was taking his little cups to the freezing chambers. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He dug a tunnel under one of the fallen trees, scooping away the snow with his arms, his frozen hands clawed inside his sleeves. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Some of the men had no shoes and went barefoot: in cold weather they wrapped cloth around their feet to keep from freezing. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I realize I am floating, frozen, trapped inside a set of ruins with only a small eyehole through which I can see the rest of the game unfolding. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Otto had feared his cousin was being tortured or was time frozen. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The melted window glass hung frozen down the walls like icing on a cake. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

So I shivered while I sucked the freezing air into my lungs, and I didn’t complain. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

It spun past us like a small cyclone of ice, taking the flowered hat with it, and whirled up the stairs, leaving us frozen speechless in the parlor doorway. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

With temperatures below freezing, and no room to move around to get their blood stirred up, they were always cold. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Maybe the electronics inside the camera had long since frozen in the bitter cold. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The boy froze, torn between his duty to follow orders and his loyalty to Hans and his unit. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was winter when I came up, and when the shells exploded the frozen clods of earth were just as dangerous as the fragments. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as the words left her mouth, Luke froze, suddenly conscious of what she’d seen. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He frowned and kicked at a stone poking up from the half- frozen mud. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The frozen air felt good on his skin. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

Had one of the Cursed Toads cast a freezing spell? Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Genie and Ernie stood frozen like two statues, one dustier than the other. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The twenty four tributes will be imprisoned in a vast outdoor arena that could hold anything from a burning desert to a frozen wasteland. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The ends of the scarf fluttered in the freezing wind. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

It made your blood freeze to have somebody look at you like that. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

A breeze rustled the budding trees above us on the mountainside, but, like everybody else, my focus was entirely on the silent tipple and the frozen winch wheel on the man-hoist. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The image freezes as last words roll and stop mid screen. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pig was already dead—Calista said the zookeepers probably put him in frozen, like a giant pig pop—and that was a good thing for him, I bet, because he was getting swallowed. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Ten minutes into the second half, Josiah tapped the ball past his defender on the left wing and then ran after it, leaving the Blue Springs player frozen behind him. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

I sat frozen on the reeling couch, watching her move and breathe beside me. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

When I came into the dining room, the kids, who’d been clamoring noisily for seats around the long table, froze and stared at me. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Still her voice remained cold, and it froze my heart. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

“You look half frozen, Jeth,” he said, and taking the boy’s hand ran with him up to the log annex. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

I froze in fear, feeling a tingling sensation that started in the center of my spine and moved upward, increasing in strength as it went, until my forehead buzzed. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The woman at the door was an awful sight, frozen half to death. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

One stair creaked under her foot, and she froze as the Ivans stirred. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

For the moment, I walk, freezing, through the town under the stars. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The river wasn’t frozen all the way across. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would wait until all seven hells were frozen if he could rather than risk another bout of blisters. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Turner cupped his hands around his, and they sat silently together for a time, feeling the warmth of the wood——stove and of the coffee thawing their frozen selves. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

And the ascetic stood until his shoulders and legs no longer froze, till they were silent, till they were still. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

The loved one is shorn, neutralized, frozen in the glare of the lover’s inward eye. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once again Doha found himself frozen in shock. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Pond stared into the fireplace, his face frozen in fear. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

What if I froze while Ms. Campbell interviewed me—live—on her vlog? Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Stepping inside now sends a spike of pain through my heart, and I freeze for a moment, my hand sweating on the doorknob. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I turned around to find my water bottle and suddenly froze. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

But when she saw Hagar’s gnarled and frightened face, the smile froze. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

In any case, it was very dark now, and she was suddenly groggy with exhaustion and freezing cold. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

The photo actually captured a very happy moment in my life and froze it forever. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

How Mr. Stonecrop had hired men from the shipyards to dig up the markers, then hack through the frozen ground to the coffins—or what was left of them. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Chamberlain saw gray men below stop, freeze, crouch, then quickly turn. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

But she was alone, old, and maybe freezing. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I use the frozen custard recipe she’s brought with her to make a thick, creamy mixture. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

“Well,” I said, “I. . .” other until we’d reached the bottom and the curved wall of ice where Althea had frozen shut the exit tunnel. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Once frozen, these eggs are of great value for use in Love Potions and may be eaten whole as a cure for ague. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mamita looks up from the simmering tea and stares at me, her wooden spoon frozen in midair. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wind whined, its cold breath freezing them into two scowling statues. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Auri froze with a bean halfway to her mouth, then relaxed and bobbed her head once, sending her fine hair swirling around her. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Mom had insisted I wear my old warm boots today, and though I was glad my toes weren’t freezing, it was highly inconvenient. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The man looked both ways as if to make sure the coast was clear, then stepped outside into the freezing cold and started shovelling his way down the pavement. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

His pate opened, his eyes grew wide, and his mouth froze into an O. He fell to his knees and then toppled forward into the straw. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I rise on my knees to get my bearings —and then freeze, hot water or not. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

It is easy to observe something that is frozen in time, like a fossil or an image of smiling family members eating around a big round table, and a dog snoozing on the floor. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

They laugh and speak of things that mean nothing to me, and I am frozen there among all the false faces, at the very center of attention. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

The man’s full-teeth welcome smile remained frozen in place, but the room had flooded with the bitter scent of deception as he answered her. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

It was only me, and I was freezing to death. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

It’s freezing, but I want it to melt there. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

The bathroom window looks out onto the backyard, where Dad is hacking away at the nearly frozen ground with a shovel. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

He placed his hands along the sides of the podium, preparing to speak, but his face froze and he gripped the wood frame as if he needed it to hold himself up. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

More flashes popped, more fighters on both sides were frozen and out of the fight. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“That day you almost froze. If I’d believed them I wouldn’t have gone to look for you. I went down the road, along by the cemetery, but you weren’t there.” Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“And Vaisey off too, he’s their best goal scorer, I didn’t fancy — hey!” he said suddenly, freezing halfway through pulling on his Keeper’s gloves and staring at Harry. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

On top of our motel rum and Cokes, we've had a few of Capri's famous frozen daiquiris. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

We’re both frozen now that I hear it, too: German shouting, in the distance but growing closer. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Montag faltered, got a grip on the books, and forced himself not to freeze. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

The deputy would fall and bounce and drag on the frozen road. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Is it better to be safe here, in a cage with a swing set and cubes of frozen fish? A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

For several days they had been marching, keeping close to a stream that was frozen at its edges. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

An hour later, perhaps, Powell looked at his hand on the metal chair-arm and said with frozen calm, “Feel the wall, Mike.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

He would be so relieved to have real food after all those years of frozen dinners. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Then the roads froze, and snow gathered in heaps on the rooftops, piled halfway up frost-caked windows. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

It was freezing, but he stood at the window, looking up at the night sky, his hand up against the cold pane. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

They ran a full hundred yards and ducked into a neighbor’s backyard, where a frozen dog barked at them. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The ceremony in the church took about half an hour; there was a blessing, and then the coffin was lowered and the freezing mourners departed. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

What they didn’t take into account was that Haugland’s fingers were frozen stiff when he sent the most recent message. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was wondering where the ducks went when the lagoon got all icy and frozen over. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Endurance was on its way to the frozen continent. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

And tears came before he could stop them, boiling hot then instantly freezing on his face, and what was the point in wiping them off or pretending? Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

We stood frozen in front of him, because of obvious reasons. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

The three of them stopped at the wide aisle of frozen foods and started taking inventory: black bean soup, lunch rolls, pizzas, bagels, pizza bagels, tripe, codfish, catfish, I-can’t-believe-it’s-not-fish fish. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She lifts a finger and starts wagging it at Rosie, but after just a moment she freezes. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

All the Poppers had grown terribly fond of the funny, solemn little chap, and Mr. Popper’s heart was frozen with terror. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

People were just stopping in their tracks frozen. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I freeze and press my back against the seat. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He had barely entered the town when an unnatural chill, a descending mist, and a sudden darkening of the skies made him freeze where he stood. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

In her hand was a plate of cake, her fork frozen halfway to her face as she stared at Toby through the windshield. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

He’d talk of winter sleigh rides in the countryside, of lakes frozen solid enough to jump on and snow that fell like crystal from the sky. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I kick a dirty, frozen chunk of snow off the path and let him catch up. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then one day I look up from my hoeing and freeze, afraid to move or even cry out. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

As we walked toward the frozen pond, we saw them flailing their arms and squealing as they cast their bodies across the surface, half squatting to steady themselves. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Imperfection is his ideal, because it's real and tangible, and he knows how to translate it into a frozen moment in time that will be beautiful forever. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

For a moment, everything seems frozen in time. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

When the lake froze he would have lost the fish, and when the snow got deep he would have had trouble moving at all. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Across the street, in front of the barbershop, I saw three colored men frozen in place. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She froze, still holding her handbag in midair. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

The pond on my right was frozen over, and an unbroken plane of white stretched to the blue-sky horizon. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

He clambered up them, water streaming from his soaking clothes, and emerged, shivering uncontrollably, into the still and freezing air. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Then, just as suddenly, it froze in place before dropping back down and lying still. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Amid much rejoicing, the crews of the three small boats raised sail and forged ahead, spray breaking over their bows and freezing on the men and all the contents of the boats. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

I was thrown out of the dream, sent hurtling back into the freezing hotel room. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

It ended a fearful, freezing month on the run. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

A fear that he was freezing seized him. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I freeze, staring at the blank expanse of canvas. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

If we stopped long enough, we’d join a few of the Young Saints from the bus for games of freeze tag and Mother May I? until it was time to reboard the bus. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Earlier writers thought of Indians as important, though uncivilized, but later books froze them into a formula: “lazy, childlike, and cruel.” 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Clarisse must’ve lost a fight with a Hyperborean giant, because she and her chariot were frozen in a block of ice. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

We spent one Hunger Games watching the players freeze to death at night. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Dark spruce forest frowned on either side the frozen waterway. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Four horses—massive golden horses—stood frozen there, stomping and neighing. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

I was still trying to build a sturdy ladder when, during a cold snap a few days later, my can of paint froze solid. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I ran to see what it was, and then I did see and I stopped, frozen, my brain shouting Run away! but my legs refusing to listen. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

If you would not freeze or starve, submit. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“So you did know I was here. Hard to tell when a person’s being ignored while standing, I may add, in the freezing arctic cold.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He turned around to look back the way they had come, then froze. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

“They moved us to a DRU before Thanksgiving, so we’re okay. Mom complains because they keep the thermostat at sixty-five. But no one ever froze to death at sixty-five.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

I could freeze vegetables and fruit for the winter. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

The hares on the down, stupid and torpid with cold, were resigned to sinking further and further into the freezing heart of snow and silence. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Half her face barely moves, frozen from her stroke. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Then, on the instant, all the rabbits froze motionless. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She collapsed to her knees on the frozen treadmill. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

He is frozen in his seat and I feel as if I’ve just inhaled his power. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The air around them had frozen: Harry’s breath caught and solidified in his chest. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

After cooking, I put them back out on the surface to freeze. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m frozen, still processing the meaning of her words. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Her lungs sucked in biting air with each breath, and it invaded her body eagerly, ready to freeze her from the inside out. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Once frozen, I put them back in the rover's saddlebags. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

He froze up as soon as I touched him. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

The saltines lay in the brown, frozen grass. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, just all frozen inside. Trying to break some of it up so your dad doesn’t have to deal with it. He got called out on a job during breakfast.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

A small copper statue of a girl stood on a tiny ivory column, both hands frozen on her hips. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Coulter, meanwhile, her face in its furs a frozen glare of intense feeling, was dragging Lyra to the back of a motorized sledge, and Lyra struggled as hard as her daemon. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

She makes the night crazy and funny as we eat our cones, trying not to get brain freezes. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Gold light from the hologram of Earth’s solar system glows eerily in the frozen fog from the corner of the room. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Oil and flames were flung across the courtyard, and flowers of fire bloomed from the frozen earth. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

With his knees still sore from crawling under the cabin, he hesitated a long time before he knelt on the frozen earth. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I try to nod and the funny thing is, even though I'm not cold, my teeth are chattering, so it's like the rest of me is freezing but my head hasn't noticed. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

It lay just under the frozen skin of the surface, invisible if you didn’t know to look for it. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

In my mind’s eye, their faces were simply frozen in a look that I couldn’t read. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

Tally shivered at the sight Without a blanket or shoes, she’d frozen in the cave all night long, even huddled in David’s arms. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Percy froze in an attitude of stunned disapproval. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He shivered because the night was freezing cold. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

The fires that had charred him still danced across his cheeks and forehead, where his eyes peered out from amongst a mask of frozen flames. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“I can’t let you freeze to death, honey. It’s just for the morning.” Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Rain fell and froze, and tree limbs snapped from the weight of the ice. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

But I just stood there, frozen in fear, as the monster charged her. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Connor froze up, like he had no idea what to say to that. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

When I saw him, I froze, then backed out of the kitchen. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Bill is frozen, and so I climb down the wall, grabbing what handholds I can but mostly sliding. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

The family sat frozen in the dining room, as if they were in the middle of a nightmare. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gregor froze every time a pebble moved beneath his foot, thinking he had triggered another rat assault. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

What it was, it was partly frozen and partly not frozen. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

The air, clear enough, was also too hot in daylight, freezing at night. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

In the heart of winter, he needed to find water at the places where streams rushed quickly and didn’t freeze; many of the quiet pools he knew well would be coated with ice. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

As soon as we got to Donelson the wether turned cold as Billy Sideways and some of the boys that was sick or bad hurt they froze to deth in the snow. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mother Goose, in her bonnet and granny glasses, was frozen in the center. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

I'm frozen, but this time I want to be. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I was too close to make out what it said, so I started to back across the frozen mud ruts of the perimeter road. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even though it’s freezing outside, I feel like sitting out on the front porch. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

They had come out of the river with their coats dripping wet, and the freezing blast of the blizzard had done the rest. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the distance, a large manor house sat on a loaf of frozen earth. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

As I stumbled around looking for a lamp, Phoebe stood, frozen, near the doorway. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Hanako had never been freezing, but in Tule Lake she had been very cold for several days at a time, and she did not like it at all. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

But they didn’t hear back—the freezing and reheating was more than the radio could take, and they weren’t able to use it again. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

As I finished putting away the canned goods in frozen silence, my own hands caught my eye. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

They’d scrounged up enough change last night for two small frozen pizzas, but even without Luke eating it wasn’t enough. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I close the bathroom door and turn off the freezing cold water. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Close to freezing to death in the frigid water, he was hauled out by a man in a small boat who happened to notice him. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

I looked back at Mama, frozen on the sofa holding Frankie, who had hidden his face in her chest. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

First she got out a large Ziploc bag from the kitchen drawer, the kind that you could freeze a whole gallon of strawberries in if you wanted to. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

My steps slowed down, and I came to a dead stop, frozen there like a windup toy that had run out of torque. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I froze, too terrified even to scream, then realized that it was just some small animal that I had frightened—a fox, perhaps, or a rabbit. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

He felt cold, freezing; his blood turned to ice, it seemed. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He tried to lift the screen in one of them and found it frozen. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Ahead of them stood a frozen Roman camp like a giant-sized ghastly replica of Camp Jupiter. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

There were more dementors in here, casting their freezing aura over the place; they stood like faceless sentinels in the corners farthest from the high, raised platform. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

My heart slows a beat, and I see her freeze halfway, curling her fingers into her palm and lowering her hand. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you get frozen when you soak in the pond?” he asked. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

My dad used to call it “getting froze up.” The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

There was a rap on the common room door and every Ravenclaw froze. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Things was awful bad with so many kilt and others froze. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

I did what every fawn in the woods does whenever it gets come up on by surprise, I froze right where I was at. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Aside from the stairwell, that was the only part of the building still accessible; the other floors were all frozen shut, walls of ice clogging their rooms and hallways. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“It cracked the inner glass container. Like a bottle of beer when it freezes. Then ate through the metal of the canister.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

They skinned the birds with frozen hands, choking on wind-driven snow with each breath. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

I have one, but I need a bigger one, to cover me when it is freezing atop The Beast. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

Complete silence filled the room, as if the world had been frozen, and every member of the Council stared at Minho. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Delicate silver and gold threads unraveled and wove themselves into the fragile wings of the frozen mariposas, converting the tiny creatures into magical designs stitched meticulously into the bodice of La Llorona’s gown. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

The guy on my clock radio called it a Thanksgiving freeze. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The few who came seemed as closed and secretive as the freezing grayness of the weather, bent on some narrow business of their own. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

I freeze for a moment, turn, and walk away. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Already Parker Head was covered, and the ground was frozen enough that where the congregation had walked and driven carriages, the road showed through but the snow hadn’t changed to slush. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

The flesh at the joint was pale blue and frozen solid. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The wind- bent boughs of trees were frozen in place. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

We freeze, Danuta in the act of shaking out the bed blanket over Max. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I really want to write a poem about all that, but right when I start to, my pencil freezes, and my page stays blank. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

I was out of the water, but I was wet and freezing. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“A little lower, sweetheart. Cape Cod is freezing over.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

He ran away twice more—the second time in a blizzard, when it was a miracle he didn’t freeze to death. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Luke didn’t say much, not then or the next morning when Toby woke up and Luke had somehow cobbled together enough money for some frozen waffles. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“I wouldn’t go near your freezing river again for the world.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

April and Marshall froze into a shocked silence. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

If she stays here any longer she will freeze to death; she will be left behind, in the wrong time. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Harry stopped walking and let out a long sigh, his smoky breath dispersing rapidly upon the frozen air. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I choke down my tears, wipe the existing ones off my face before they can freeze, and pull myself back together. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I smuggle frozen TV dinners into the refrigerator and con her into eating them by saying they’ll go to waste if she doesn’t. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The next day commenced as before, getting up and dressing by rushlight; but this morning we were obliged to dispense with the ceremony of washing; the water in the pitchers was frozen. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

I dropped to my knees, comforted by the solidity of the floor even though I couldn’t see it, expecting at any moment to be sucked into the gelid void, frozen and dead. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

If the temperature was freezing, she did not let us leave the house unless we promised that we would stay nearby. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

I would sooner my men die fighting for the Ned’s little girl than alone and hungry in the snow, weeping tears that freeze upon their cheeks. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She doesn’t look away from her page, but she doesn’t move either, as if the pounding has frozen her solid. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The breath seemed to freeze in his lungs. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Next to him, Ron was frozen in an attitude that looked as though he were about to dive from a springboard. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

One stayed a newborn, frozen in time, while the other grew from a baby to a toddler to a freckled, redheaded little boy. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Others froze, unable to decide what to do. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

We stay here, unmoving, frozen in the rain. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

The water began to freeze in late February. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I imagined him still standing in our yard, frozen under the deluge, baptizing an endless circle of children, who would slip away and return with new faces requiring his blessing. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tobias stays frozen, his arms at his sides and his face blank. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Be a little cold but not freezing to death. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Spindrift whipping off the crests of breaking waves freezes into sleet. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

After the snow, there came a freezing gale that blew for days and days without stopping. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

I froze, trying to remember if anyone had prepped me for this scenario, whether it was more polite to go along with it or to insist that Barack take his proper seat by her side. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

We many of us had escaped, and so, upon the town’s falling, we would be conveyed to our former masters—at which thought, my spirits froze, thinking upon Mr. Sharpe and his devices. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

I climbed up the cellar stairs, freezing with every groan of the old wood. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the day before, she froze the blood of a bird. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Others sat frozen, their eyes and mouths open wide. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

A woman complains her children are freezing with the cold and couldn’t Coffey and Kane bloody well hurry up with their tea. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I was wondering if it would be frozen over when I got home, and if it was, where did the ducks go. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

The men lay down to sleep on a floe that rose and fell at least a foot with the swell, and some of them felt seasick after so long on a motionless, frozen ocean. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Collins turned back to us where we stood in the doorway of the house, frozen in shock, and grinned. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Mamou’s picture kept freezing and unfreezing, occasionally turning into chunky blocks as the bandwidth fluctuated. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Why, Diana,” he said, “come in. You must be freezing in that thin blouse and skirt. And look at your feet. Where are your shoes?” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Sean blinked—frozen, terrified—until Finn said, “Come on, brother. Let’s get your bag.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Frightful ate old frozen muskrat during those days, We couldn’t kick up a rabbit or even a mouse. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I sit up and remove them, I hear a laugh somewhere near the lake and freeze. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

He exercised for three hours a day, six days a week, sometimes out in the freezing cold. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The dry, frozen air came out of us in plumes of steam. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

They flutter out and a fiftyish white woman comes in and goes through the same routine, leaving with the smile of supplication still frozen awkwardly on her face. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

In my heart I’d hoped for manslaughter, and hearing the word murder sent a frozen rod piercing right through the top of my head down into my toes. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

The legionnaires stand frozen in disbelief and then come to their senses, surging forward, shouting and swearing. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

She was frozen, and speechless, for probably the first time in her life. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

I froze, watching the man open the gate. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

“My mother says you almost froze to death,” she whispers as we stand in line, two by two, waiting for the bell. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Only the boys remained in the bank conference room, and Felix sat frozen in his chair. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

The kids are giving Renault the freeze so let’s go along with it. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sorry. You didn’t hear that, okay? I dropped some frozen grape juice on my foot.” When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

I could have frozen the stupid disease that had slowly messed up Abuela’s lungs. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

My limbs felt frozen stiff, my muscles clenched so tightly that the tendons bulged on the backs of my hands. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He was frozen in a stooped posture, as if he’d been trying to dislodge his feet as ice overtook the rest of him. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

And for a full minute, I sit frozen, staring at the screen of my phone. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

I freeze before answering it, silently willing him not to say anything about Will as I spin my laptop around. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

The arched frozen waves stretched toward her like yearning arms and, for a long moment, she gazed at them. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

It was too much; it was hard to look at; her mind was freezing. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

A meal of frozen possum stewed with lichens, snakeweed, and lousewort. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Moon Orchid managed to sit upright, but she seemed stiff and frozen. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Standing at the foot of the dais was my mother, frozen in shimmering golden light, her arms outstretched. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

The weather lady says it’s a lake-effect storm—the wind from Canada sucks up water from Lake Ontario, runs it through the freeze machine, and dumps it on Syracuse. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

It looked to Fritz as if it might freeze any day now, and keeping the sap gathered would be a wonderful help. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z