1
a
: treated, affected, or crusted over by freezing
b
: subject to long and severe cold
the frozen north
2
a
: incapable of being changed, moved, or undone : fixed
specifically
: debarred by official action from movement or from change in status
frozen wages
b
: not available for present use
frozen capital
c(1)
: drained or incapable of emotion
(2)
: expressing or characterized by cold unfriendliness
frozenly
adverb
Examples of frozen in a Sentence
the car door was frozen ever since an accident had damaged the hinge
pay rates will remain frozen until the company does better financially
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Russia said Ukraine unexpectedly postponed a transfer involving prisoners of war and the bodies of dead soldiers, leaving more than 1,200 frozen Ukrainian bodies waiting in refrigerated trucks at an exchange point with no one to collect them.
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Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 7 June 2025
Some fans have their hands over their mouths in disbelief, almost frozen.
—Stuart James, New York Times, 7 June 2025
Who's to say Patrick Schwarzenegger couldn't be the result of a frozen embryo leftover from the original experiment that produced the original twins?
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 5 June 2025
In a couple of hours, families will go ice fishing on a frozen lake surrounded by epic, sky-grazing trees.
—Tyler Hicks, Rolling Stone, 5 June 2025
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Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 7 June 2025
Some fans have their hands over their mouths in disbelief, almost frozen.
—Stuart James, New York Times, 7 June 2025
Who's to say Patrick Schwarzenegger couldn't be the result of a frozen embryo leftover from the original experiment that produced the original twins?
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 5 June 2025
In a couple of hours, families will go ice fishing on a frozen lake surrounded by epic, sky-grazing trees.
—Tyler Hicks, Rolling Stone, 5 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for frozen
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“Frozen.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/frozen. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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