How to Use dry ice in a Sentence

dry ice

noun
  • It will be served in a porcelain tea pot with smoke from dry ice.
    — Dallas News, 27 July 2022
  • That’s when the school turned to dry ice to deal with its groundhogs.
    — Hasan Dudar, Detroit Free Press, 31 Aug. 2017
  • But add a little dry ice and a creepy punch bowl and you're all set!
    — Christopher Michel, Country Living, 3 Aug. 2022
  • Buy gel packs and block ice and, as the storm draws closer, dry ice.
    — Ann Maloney, Washington Post, 5 Dec. 2022
  • The chunk of dirt is then preserved on dry ice and sent back to the lab.
    — Quanta Magazine, 16 June 2015
  • When the server brings it out, a fog of dry ice wafts from the edges of the dish.
    — Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune, 28 Nov. 2022
  • The ice cream is packed with dry ice to keep cold during shipping.
    — Endia Fontanez, The Arizona Republic, 1 Sep. 2023
  • The four frozen caps were to be stored in a cooler filled with fifty pounds of dry ice.
    — Ann Patchett, Harper's Magazine, 5 Jan. 2021
  • The lake could turn out to be frozen carbon dioxide, or dry ice.
    — Nishant Mohan, WSJ, 25 July 2018
  • If dry ice isn't available, look for block ice will which also last longer.
    — Timothy Dahl, Popular Mechanics, 2 Apr. 2018
  • Cookies, cakes and rolls sat on the counter while a shepherd’s pie sat in dry ice.
    — Cristóbal Reyes, orlandosentinel.com, 14 Nov. 2019
  • Walk around that area, take it all in, and maybe order a whole pie and ship it back here in dry ice.
    — Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 Feb. 2022
  • Arnold rolled up to the field entrance with coolers loaded with dry ice.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 11 Jan. 2026
  • Pints are shipped in dry ice and arrive frozen, the company said.
    — Janet H. Cho, cleveland.com, 19 Jan. 2018
  • Stuffing dry ice into burrows is one way the city now fights the war on rats.
    — New York Times, 5 Nov. 2021
  • Add a chunk of dry ice to the drink for a smoky, boiling cauldron effect.
    — Kirby Adams, Louisville Courier Journal, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Add a chunk of dry ice to the drink for a smoky, boiling cauldron effect.
    — Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 21 Oct. 2024
  • Add a chunk of dry ice to the drink for a smoky, boiling cauldron effect.
    — Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 12 Oct. 2020
  • The gas puts the pop in soft drinks and the fizz in beer, and is turned into dry ice to keep food frozen.
    — Jesse Newman, WSJ, 26 Aug. 2022
  • The vaccine would arrive in a suitcase-sized box, packed with dry ice.
    — New York Times, 3 Dec. 2020
  • Having a few more crates of Alaskan seafood overnighted, just for the dry ice.
    — Scott Jacobson, The New Yorker, 3 July 2021
  • They were packed into zippered cooler bags filled with dry ice and were frozen through as promised.
    — Alaina Chou, Bon Appetit Magazine, 30 Sep. 2025
  • There are ice packs, regular cubes, blocks of ice, and even dry ice that can all be used in your ice chest.
    — Lauren Breedlove, Travel + Leisure, 18 Apr. 2023
  • Eight to 10 daiquiris will be available, along with bowl drinks with dry ice for a smoky effect.
    — Marc Bona, cleveland, 4 Oct. 2021
  • Babies can have the milk shipped to them in secure containers packed with dry ice to keep the milk frozen.
    — Amy Joyce, Washington Post, 19 May 2022
  • Heat the dent using a hairdryer, cover the area with a sheet of aluminum foil, and rub dry ice over it.
    — Jeff Harper, chicagotribune.com, 11 Mar. 2021
  • Not gold leaf, not dry ice, not 50 shades of slider buns, not 50 Cent.
    — Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News, 25 Aug. 2022
  • The Post and Courier reports the brands could have been made with a propane torch or dry ice.
    — USA TODAY, 18 June 2019
  • The second type of snow found on the Red Planet’s surface is dry ice.
    — Maren Estrada, BGR, 28 Dec. 2022
  • The order arrives boxed up with dry ice and is ready after about 45 minutes in the oven.
    — Christopher Borrelli, chicagotribune.com, 18 Apr. 2018

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