How to Use freezing point in a Sentence

freezing point

noun

• The freezing point of water is 0 degrees Celsius and 32 degrees Fahrenheit.
• The more salt added, the greater the effect on the freezing point.
  — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 22 Nov. 2022
• The North Bay valleys and inland in the East Bay could get close to the freezing point.
  — Michelle Apon, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 Dec. 2022
• More snow is likely to come Thursday as highs will struggle to reach the freezing point.
  — Cameron Fields, cleveland, 31 Mar. 2021
• The original method was to use the freezing point of water as 0°C and the boiling point of water as 100°C.
  — Rhett Allain, Wired, 19 Nov. 2020
• In a nutshell, ice melt lowers the freezing point of water, causing the salt to melt and create a brine.
  — The Editors, Field & Stream, 5 Sep. 2019
• The first frost can occur at the freezing point when a liquid turns to solid, or 32 degrees.
  — Zachary Smith, cleveland, 21 Oct. 2022
• Throughout the week, TxDOT treated roads with a brine used to lower the freezing point of water.
  — Dallas News, 15 Feb. 2021
• Lower the freezing point: Try adding a splash of vodka to your homemade ice cream—the alcohol keeps the ice cream scoopable when frozen.
  — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 29 Sep. 2023
• If the freezing point is the finish line, then the initial temperature is like the starting point.
  — Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Aug. 2020
• Making sure the windshield washer fluid is topped off and is the solvent with a low freezing point.
  — Marina Johnson, Detroit Free Press, 3 Feb. 2023
• And because an average of –13.2 C means that more of the planet would be below the freezing point (0 C), much more of the water would be ice.
  — WIRED, 3 Feb. 2023
• As winter sets in and wetlands freeze, some birds move to the lake to forage since its salty water has a lower freezing point.
  — Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 10 Oct. 2022
• Sugar lowers the freezing point of the ice cream base, which keeps the ice cream soft and scoopable, but too much can prevent the base from properly freezing.
  — Katy Severson, chicagotribune.com, 19 Mar. 2021
• There are additives in jet fuel to lower the freezing point.
  — John Cox, USA TODAY, 18 Dec. 2020
• There, the team found extremely cold ocean water—about -2.2 °C, well below the freezing point of fresh water.
  — Marissa Grunes, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Jan. 2023
• This rock is probably around the freezing point of water or so, which, to an astronomer, is pretty warm.
  — Phil Plait, Discover Magazine, 27 July 2011
• The cocktail mixture is stored in batches just above its freezing point (minus 6 Celsius) and poured to order in a frozen glass with a spritz of lemon oil.
  — Garrett Snyder, Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2022
• Celsius put the freezing point at 100 degrees and the boiling point at zero; the scales were reversed only years later.
  — Timothy Farrington, WSJ, 7 Nov. 2022
• Humans deal with them in various ways, but the most common is to apply salt, which lowers the freezing point of water.
  — Washington Post, 22 Feb. 2021
• Water droplets in this fog were actually cooled below the freezing point of 32ºF (0ºC).
  — Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 13 Jan. 2015
• Salting icy roads lowers the freezing point of the water that forms ice, which leads to melting and prevents falling snow or rain from freezing.
  — Dick Mason, oregonlive, 10 Dec. 2022
• The compounds in the woolly caterpillar’s body lower its freezing point, buying it some time.
  — Kate Furby, Scientific American, 3 Mar. 2023
• Overnight lows heading into Sunday will again drop to the freezing point in most of metro Atlanta and as low as the 20s in some mountainous regions of North Georgia.
  — Liset Cruz, ajc, 19 Feb. 2022
• Some parts of Alabama won’t rise above the freezing point (32 degrees) until Monday.
  — Leigh Morgan, al, 22 Dec. 2022
• Temperatures in the Louisville area are expected to drop to freezing point Friday night, bringing traces of snow.
  — Ayana Archie, The Courier-Journal, 12 Nov. 2021
• Temperatures in Tomsk dip below the freezing point in September and do not rise again until the end of March.
  — Cnaan Liphshiz, sun-sentinel.com, 9 Dec. 2020
• Depending on how potent your recipe is, that lower freezing point can result in popsicles that don’t firm all the way up.
  — Outside Online, 22 Aug. 2018
• Most cities have observed temperatures closer to the freezing point, which is 32 degrees Fahrenheit, with a high of 38 in Brownsville on Thursday.
  — Jake Dima, Washington Examiner, 18 Feb. 2021
• Most quart recipes can accommodate two ounces of liquor before the freezing point drops noticeably.
  — Matt Allyn, Popular Mechanics, 22 July 2021

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024