How to Use dry ice in a Sentence

dry ice

noun
Definition of dry icenext
  • When the server brings it out, a fog of dry ice wafts from the edges of the dish.
    — Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune, 28 Nov. 2022
  • The chunk of dirt is then preserved on dry ice and sent back to the lab.
    — Quanta Magazine, 16 June 2015
  • That’s when the school turned to dry ice to deal with its groundhogs.
    — Hasan Dudar, Detroit Free Press, 31 Aug. 2017
  • Rather, the temperature of the dry ice seemed to be the key.
    — Sam Kean, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2017
  • Buy gel packs and block ice and, as the storm draws closer, dry ice.
    — Ann Maloney, Washington Post, 5 Dec. 2022
  • The gas puts the pop in soft drinks and the fizz in beer, and is turned into dry ice to keep food frozen.
    — Jesse Newman, WSJ, 26 Aug. 2022
  • The four frozen caps were to be stored in a cooler filled with fifty pounds of dry ice.
    — Ann Patchett, Harper's Magazine, 5 Jan. 2021
  • But add a little dry ice and a creepy punch bowl and you're all set!
    — Christopher Michel, Country Living, 3 Aug. 2022
  • The video showed a disco ball, the Scales of Justice, test tubes, beakers, dry ice and a boomerang.
    — Dana Rose Falcone, PEOPLE.com, 22 Sep. 2021
  • The burgers come freshly butchered and packed in dry ice.
    — Lauren Finney Harden, Southern Living, 15 Apr. 2024
  • Its pasties are shipped nationwide to most of the U.S., frozen with dry ice.
    — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 6 Dec. 2022
  • It will be served in a porcelain tea pot with smoke from dry ice.
    — Dallas News, 27 July 2022
  • The Post and Courier reports the brands could have been made with a propane torch or dry ice.
    — USA TODAY, 18 June 2019
  • Having a few more crates of Alaskan seafood overnighted, just for the dry ice.
    — Scott Jacobson, The New Yorker, 3 July 2021
  • Cookies, cakes and rolls sat on the counter while a shepherd’s pie sat in dry ice.
    — Cristóbal Reyes, orlandosentinel.com, 14 Nov. 2019
  • Not gold leaf, not dry ice, not 50 shades of slider buns, not 50 Cent.
    — Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News, 25 Aug. 2022
  • The ice cream is packed with dry ice to keep cold during shipping.
    — Endia Fontanez, The Arizona Republic, 1 Sep. 2023
  • The lake could turn out to be frozen carbon dioxide, or dry ice.
    — Nishant Mohan, WSJ, 25 July 2018
  • Add a chunk of dry ice to the drink for a smoky, boiling cauldron effect.
    — Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 12 Oct. 2020
  • Walk around that area, take it all in, and maybe order a whole pie and ship it back here in dry ice.
    — Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 Feb. 2022
  • The second type of snow found on the Red Planet’s surface is dry ice.
    — Maren Estrada, BGR, 28 Dec. 2022
  • Fifty pounds of dry ice, the FDA says, should hold an 18-cubic-foot freezer for 2 days.
    — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 22 July 2019
  • Late last year, this system led to a surge in demand for dry ice in parts of the United States.
    — Joe Walsh, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2021
  • Ulrich said the city used 500 pounds of dry ice during the past three weeks to kill rats in their burrows.
    — Danny McDonald, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Dec. 2022
  • Due to the pandemic, Shaya worked in New Orleans and shipped Fenves food packed in dry ice.
    — Margaret Littman, sun-sentinel.com, 3 Mar. 2021
  • At last, a few bussers arrive and remove the seafood tower and the banished dry ice.
    — Lauren Larson, Men's Health, 7 Sep. 2022
  • Eight to 10 daiquiris will be available, along with bowl drinks with dry ice for a smoky effect.
    — Marc Bona, cleveland, 4 Oct. 2021
  • Stuffing dry ice into burrows is one way the city now fights the war on rats.
    — New York Times, 5 Nov. 2021
  • That view may now change thanks to new results that suggest dry ice can also shape the landscape.
    — Elizabeth Rayne, Ars Technica, 4 Apr. 2024
  • Fifty pounds of dry ice, the Food and Drug Administration says, should hold an 18-cubic-foot freezer for two days.
    — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 20 June 2024

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