How to Use unfreeze in a Sentence

unfreeze

verb
  • The warm weather unfroze the lake.
  • He helped me to unfreeze my computer.
  • We can't wait until the ground unfreezes so we can start gardening.
  • I had to wait for my computer to unfreeze before I could read my e-mail.
  • The Justice Department agreed to unfreeze the company's assets.
  • For them, this means that future frozen rates will unfreeze, drop and then freeze again.
    Dave Lieber, Dallas News, 9 Aug. 2023
  • The connection is fuzzy, the sound cuts out and the sonogram circles freeze and unfreeze black and white.
    Joseph Horton, Time, 13 Apr. 2020
  • Offred briefly unfreezes as her eyes well with silent tears.
    Rena Gross, Billboard, 16 May 2018
  • If the agreement with the four colleges is approved, the new city spending will unfreeze.
    Steph MacHado, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Sep. 2023
  • Tap the shutter button to unfreeze the frame, and press the Home button to leave the Magnifier.
    J. D. Biersdorfer, New York Times, 16 May 2017
  • With a freeze, that means unfreezing the account and then refreezing it once the credit check is done.
    Herb Weisbaum, NBC News, 8 Feb. 2018
  • The Uzbeks want the U.S. and Swiss to work together to unfreeze those remaining assets.
    Kenneth Rapoza, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2023
  • Change all freezes to slows! Make frozen players take no damage! Shoot frozen teammates to unfreeze them!
    Paul Tassi, Forbes, 18 Apr. 2021
  • Consumers would be able to have their credit frozen or unfrozen within one hour of putting in the request via phone or email.
    NBC News, 13 Apr. 2018
  • There's a $10 fee to freeze — and another $10 fee to unfreeze credit — in Michigan in many instances.
    Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 22 Sep. 2017
  • The United States and Iran sign an agreement to release the hostages and unfreeze Iranian assets.
    CNN, 25 Oct. 2021
  • Part of that is because most women who freeze their eggs still never unfreeze them, still never use them.
    Quartz Staff, Quartz, 7 Feb. 2022
  • And, to temporarily unfreeze it, there's another fee to pay in all but eight states.
    Christy Bieber, USA TODAY, 17 Apr. 2018
  • The solution---at least for human tissue---is to freeze and unfreeze the organ fast enough to keep ice from collecting on the surface.
    Neel Patel, Wired News, 5 June 2015
  • The agency has one to three days to institute the freeze — and an hour to unfreeze — if the request is made by telephone or electronically.
    Sean Rossman, USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2018
  • Going forward, consumers would not have to pay anything to freeze or unfreeze their credit.
    Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 23 May 2018
  • Consumers who plan to apply for credit should unfreeze their reports a few days ahead of time with any of the credit-reporting firms, Mr. Ulzheimer says.
    Daisy Maxey, WSJ, 23 Sep. 2017
  • Ducey called on Hobbs to unfreeze the school choice program during a press conference outside of her office on Wednesday.
    Adam Sabes, Fox News, 1 Oct. 2022
  • In return, the US would stop adding new sanctions and would unfreeze billions of dollars of Iranian assets.
    Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 29 June 2023
  • The flaw caused a weeks-long surge in fraudulent unemployment claims, which has led thousands of Ohioans to spend four hours or longer on the phone in order to unfreeze their accounts.
    Jeremy Pelzer, cleveland, 27 July 2023
  • The ability to security freeze or unfreeze your Equifax credit report for one year, free of charge.
    Sean Gallagher, Ars Technica, 8 Sep. 2017
  • Tuesday’s filing asked the federal court to unfreeze the Hawaii case, allowing a new legal challenge to go forward.
    Vivian Yee, Orange County Register, 8 Mar. 2017
  • Less than a week after the launch of the investigation, the White House unfroze the funds for military assistance without explaining the hold-up.
    The Economist, 21 Sep. 2019
  • During those periods, the ground on summits would unfreeze sufficiently for the Incas to build their sites and bury their offerings.
    Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 28 Dec. 2023
  • The Biden administration said the tax credits would help unfreeze the real estate market and make homebuying more affordable for millions.
    Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 8 Mar. 2024

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