How to Use icebox in a Sentence

icebox

noun

• Behind the kitchen sits the original icebox off the back of the house.
  — Brendel Hightower, Detroit Free Press, 27 Jan. 2023
• When the weather’s hot and the beach beckons, chilling with a slice of icebox pie does the trick.
  — Eric Velasco, al, 7 May 2020
• Like all icebox desserts, the cake must be assembled ahead of time.
  — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 2 Aug. 2023
• Note: The pudding can also be used as the base for a cream pie, icebox cake or trifle.
  — Maya Wilson, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Apr. 2018
• Why growl at Midge’s icebox parenting, which the show sees as adorable?
  — Anthony Lan, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2021
• Icebox desserts can be your go-to in the sweltering season.
  — Robin Mather, Detroit Free Press, 8 July 2017
• Is there anything worse than being trapped on a bus, plane, or train that feels like an icebox?
  — Laura Lajiness Kaupke, Vogue, 12 Feb. 2022
• The gramophone, the TV cabinet, and the icebox have all fallen by the wayside over the past century.
  — Hadley Keller, House Beautiful, 27 Sep. 2022
• People slept in screened-in porches and families cooled sheets in the icebox before putting them on the bed at night.
  — Bill Lindelof, sacbee.com, 20 June 2017
• This is where many of them split up into these cages, known as kennels or iceboxes.
  — Sara Goudarzi, Scientific American, 20 June 2018
• The space is accessorized with other pieces from the era, such as an old icebox, vintage wooden wall phone, and more.
  — Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 13 May 2021
• Most cookies freeze very well and will last up to a year in the icebox, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
  — Paul Stephen, San Antonio Express-News, 22 Nov. 2021
• In the late 18th and mid-19th centuries, someone would deliver the ice, much like the milkman would deliver dairy, and drop the ice near the side pantry where an icebox was stored.
  — Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 5 Jan. 2023
• Spanish for icebox – and that adults could be detained for several months, or even years.
  — Author: Maya Averbuch, Joshua Partlow, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Apr. 2018
• This durable icebox cooled down within a couple minutes of being filled with ice.
  — Theresa Holland, Peoplemag, 10 Mar. 2023
• Still, the effect isn’t dramatic, like walking into a sauna or a stand-up icebox.
  — Hiawatha Bray, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Apr. 2018
• The fridge, too, is in use: there’s an amazing shot of Nemo, parched and desperate, inserting his head into the icebox and licking the chilly moisture from the sides.
  — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2023
• Like all icebox pies, the margarita pie has an unbaked filling.
  — Melissa Gray, Southern Living, 5 June 2023
• The same playbook that dreamed up Cadillac’s space-age tail fins was soon designing sleek Frigidaire iceboxes.
  — Charles Duhigg, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2019
• Loaf pans are the ideal shape and size for layering up icebox cake, whether it’s Blueberry-Lemon or Pumpkin Spice.
  — Emma Wartzman, Bon Appétit, 22 Oct. 2019
• Most icebox pies are little more than glorified whipped cream.
  — Andy Staples, SI.com, 30 June 2017
• The easiest icebox pies don’t require any cooking at all.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 June 2019
• In Siberia, the icebox of the Northern Hemisphere, temperatures have plunged to their lowest levels in at least two decades: around minus-80 degrees.
  — Ian Livingston, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Jan. 2023
• He was spotted by a fellow White House official lugging the icebox down the White House driveway after 8 p.m.
  — Michael C. Bender, WSJ, 21 July 2017
• The icebox was converted to a refrigerator, a heater was installed, and there’s GPS now.
  — New York Times, 26 Jan. 2018
• Don’t use a springform pan to contain icebox cakes with runny pudding and caramel layers: The structure could collapse.
  — Sarah Gish, Kansas City Star, 24 Jan. 2024
• From popsicles to icebox cakes, there's sure to be something for everyone.
  — Brittany Natale, Redbook, 26 July 2023
• Wheels and an extendable handle can make an icebox easier to move around.
  — Theresa Holland, Peoplemag, 10 Mar. 2023
• There’s storage underneath each of the cushions, and the kitchen boasts wood cabinetry, an icebox, sink, and a 120-volt electrical system.
  — Megan Barber, Curbed, 13 Sep. 2018
• And that tiny icebox — three inches tall and covered in reproductions of stickers by local graffiti crews — turned his life around.
  — Liza Weisstuch, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2023

Last Updated: 9 Dec 2024