around freezing
Frequency: 5.52.8 per million words
at a temperature near 0°C or 32°F
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Examples (10)
- Temperatures were around freezing.
- Overnight, it hovered around freezing, so the roads were slick.
- The forecast says it will stay around freezing all week.
- Water pipes can burst when the temperature dips around freezing.
- We started the hike at dawn, when it was just around freezing.
- Keep the samples at around freezing to preserve them.
- By noon the water was still around freezing, with a thin crust of ice.
- Yesterday peaked above 10°C, but tonight we'll be back around freezing.
- The wind made it feel around freezing even in the sun.
- Farmers worry when spring nights hover around freezing, because blossoms can be damaged.