How to Use icy in a Sentence

icy

adjective
  • Watch out for icy bridges and ramps.
    — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 24 Jan. 2026
  • Thick coats, scarves, and gloves trap heat and block icy winds.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Surfaces that look wet may be icy.
    — Andrew Adeolu, CBS News, 22 Feb. 2026
  • Mix and spray on the icy window.
    — Terry Baddoo, USA Today, 24 Jan. 2026
  • Plan ahead for the cold and icy weather now!
    — Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Try to coast or glide over bridges and icy areas.
    — Alexis Simmerman, Austin American Statesman, 24 Jan. 2026
  • Many emerge steaming and head straight for an icy dunk tank.
    — Julia Sayers Gokhale, Midwest Living, 9 Jan. 2026
  • The base has to strike the right note between creamy and icy.
    — Maura Judkis, Washington Post, 10 July 2019
  • Saab says that bright white and icy gray are two big contenders.
    — Melissa Epifano, The Spruce, 30 Jan. 2026
  • These mocs are great for icy lots and for the kind of ice that sneaks up on you.
    — Anna Callaghan, Outside, 14 Feb. 2026
  • If fruit is in large pieces, thaw slightly and chop while still icy.
    — Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The icy vibes seemed to seep into the Bucks’ play.
    — Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 24 Jan. 2026
  • Add the lid and shake until the surface of the cup is icy.
    — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 June 2026
  • An icy wind blew through the buckled windows.
    — Lizzie Johnson, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Many are on sale right now, including this icy slate blue hue.
    — Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 19 Aug. 2025
  • Drink these cold, not icy, but on the colder end of the spectrum.
    — Eric Asimov, New York Times, 29 June 2017
  • A touch of color will keep your nails looking pearly rather than icy.
    — Grace McCarty, Glamour, 24 Mar. 2026
  • Animals may turn back when faced with icy berms when the snow is deep.
    — Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 5 Oct. 2025
  • And these cars tend to be driven in fair weather, not on icy roads.
    — Josh Max, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Take a hike to one of the icy-blue glacial lakes that pepper the region.
    — Ally Jaksen, Outside, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Using canned fruit helps to keep the pieces of fruit from getting icy when frozen.
    — Stephanie Ganz, Southern Living, 22 Aug. 2025
  • Dish it into a bowl and top it with an icy-cold scoop of vanilla ice cream.
    — Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Sep. 2025
  • Texture, as in is the ice cream smooth and creamy, coarse, icy or gritty?
    — Lisa Drayer, CNN, 2 May 2018
  • An icy fog clung to the sides of the highway in the swampy area around Amherst.
    — Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, 2 Apr. 2018
  • In minutes the icy water started to take its toll on us.
    — Jim Hoagland, Outdoor Life, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Moderate pace but rocky in spots and could be icy or muddy in spots.
    — baltimoresun.com, 6 Jan. 2018
  • The lakes on the icy moon are filled with liquid ethane and methane.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 11 Sep. 2019
  • All that salt that gets thrown on icy roads is bad for the environment.
    — Esther Mobley, SFChronicle.com, 12 Dec. 2019
  • There was something icy and chilling in Rodgers’s tone.
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 14 Mar. 2026
  • This material is thought to erupt from cracks in the icy shell of the moon.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 22 May 2026

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