How to Use freeze to death in a Sentence
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Texans trying not to freeze to death in their own homes while the power is out.
—Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Feb. 2021
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The chimpanzee did not freeze to death, according to Feral.
—NBC News, 18 Feb. 2021
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Miller said livestock growers across Texas are out of feed, while a lack of available natural gas has caused some chickens and calves to freeze to death.
—Dallas News, 18 Feb. 2021
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If residents are unable to house all dogs, animals might starve or freeze to death in winter.
—Alena Naiden, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Apr. 2022
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The Taliban quickly seized control of much of the country and the foreign aid that been flowing into the country largely halted, putting at risk the lives of millions of Afghans who could starve or freeze to death.
—chicagotribune.com, 30 Jan. 2022
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The aforementioned hypothermia is also contributing to deaths on the front lines, with Forbes reporting that many freeze to death in the harsh Ukrainian winters.
—Justin Klawans, The Week, 2 Apr. 2023
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That’s right — all of your favorite characters, including the catchphrase-spouting Baby Sinclair, freeze to death thanks to the looming Ice Age.
—William Earl, Variety, 31 Aug. 2022
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When the plane hits high altitudes, others are asphyxiated or freeze to death.
—Krista Stevens, Longreads, 10 Aug. 2020
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Low winter temperatures made rescue work even more pressing, amid fears that some people could freeze to death before they could be saved.
—Maham Javaid, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2023
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Most perplexing of all, snakes emerged from underground hibernation, only to freeze to death in their thousands.
—WIRED, 30 Mar. 2023
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Concerns over the falling standards of living were equally dismissed, as the nation obsessed with how to make a penny stretch and the media dispensed tips and tricks on how not to freeze to death in your own (very expensive) home.
—Mohamed El Aassar, Fortune, 15 Dec. 2022
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Animals can freeze to death outside if precautions aren’t taken.
—Cathy M. Rosenthal, San Antonio Express-News, 16 Dec. 2021
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At various points, the danger looms that Fern will freeze to death while sleeping in her camper in extreme cold; be attacked by people at rest stops; break down in the middle of nowhere and die of exposure or dehydration.
—Jordan Kisner, The Atlantic, 19 Apr. 2021
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The initial complaint, filed February 13, by Margaret Mitchell, Mitchell’s mother, and the administrator of his estate, alleged he was placed in a restraint chair in a jail freezer and left to freeze to death by officers.
—al, 20 Mar. 2023
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Employees told investigators that dogs were poorly cared for and abused, including hitting them with pipes, whipping them to force them to obey commands and letting puppies freeze to death, the warrant said.
—Mike Mavredakis, Hartford Courant, 1 Aug. 2022
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The 1918 influenza pandemic caused disruptions that prevented coal from being delivered to the northeastern U.S. That left some without heat in the height of winter, causing people to freeze to death and compounding the deadly pandemic.
—Morten Wendelbo and Christine Crudo Blackburn, Discover Magazine, 19 Jan. 2018
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