How to Use icebreaker in a Sentence

icebreaker

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  • The icebreaker rides on top of the ice and then the weight of the ship breaks it.
    — Jane Morice, cleveland.com, 19 July 2017
  • In the best case, the first new icebreaker will float out of dry dock six years from now.
    — Justin Gillis, Jonathan Corum, Alaska Dispatch News, 18 July 2017
  • The Healy is a medium icebreaker that is able to break ice up to 10-feet thick.
    — Author: Hal Bernton, Anchorage Daily News, 23 July 2021
  • While pets are not props, your pooch can be a cute icebreaker.
    — Mark A. Stein, Star Tribune, 12 June 2021
  • The cost of the new icebreakers is uncertain at this point.
    — Author: Dan Lamothe, Alaska Dispatch News, 5 Sep. 2017
  • The Coast Guard also has a medium icebreaker, the Healy.
    — Tyler Olson, Fox News, 9 May 2021
  • This is the only heavy icebreaker the United States has.
    — Hal Bernton, The Seattle Times, 17 June 2019
  • Set on an icebreaker and sprayed with a hose for 72 hours, Casto’s pot more than tripled its weight.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 4 Apr. 2022
  • It can be made ahead, batched to serve a crowd, and is a fine icebreaker if your gathering is in need of one.
    — Jessica Battilana, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 Nov. 2021
  • But Straneo was confident that the old icebreaker was up to the task.
    — Paul Voosen, Science Magazine, 10 Oct. 2019
  • The masks were an enormous icebreaker: even men rarely caught on a dance floor seemed happy.
    — Gloria Steinem, Vogue, 14 Feb. 2024
  • China has churned out new ships in just two years and is now working on a fourth icebreaker.
    — Jill Goldenziel, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024
  • The two nations are bulking up ships known as icebreakers, which can tear apart ice.
    — Anna Giaritelli, Washington Examiner, 5 Feb. 2020
  • The icebreaker was in the planning stages for three years and now will take an additional three years to build.
    — Rosemary McClure, latimes.com, 26 Mar. 2018
  • Anyone who makes a trip to Pier 17 may notice a barge parked alongside the icebreaker.
    — Nora Mishanec, SFChronicle.com, 22 Sep. 2020
  • Today Russia has 41 icebreakers with at least 8 more on the way.
    — David Hambling, Popular Mechanics, 4 Apr. 2018
  • The app will suggest icebreakers to get the convo started.
    — Kara Wahlgren, Seventeen, 13 Nov. 2018
  • As an icebreaker, Sue Skirvin asks the 15 or so people in the room to give an adjective that starts with the same letter as their name.
    — Austin Fuller, Orlando Sentinel, 9 Aug. 2022
  • The Coast Guard also plans to build three medium icebreakers.
    — Hal Bernton, The Seattle Times, 17 June 2019
  • Pazol first traveled to the Arctic 12 years ago on a Coast Guard icebreaker that was mapping the ocean floor.
    — Brian Slupski, chicagotribune.com, 7 Sep. 2021
  • Sarah Havens, a Louisville milliner, says swing dancing can be a real icebreaker.
    — Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 9 Feb. 2018
  • How would that be for an icebreaker between Lanning and Duck fans?
    — Bill Oram, oregonlive, 30 Aug. 2022
  • Weather used to be the obvious icebreaker, the safest of low-hanging fruit.
    — Roxanne Roberts, Washington Post, 24 Aug. 2022
  • The ship not only traveled through the Arctic in record time, but has done so without the use of an icebreaker escort.
    — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 25 Aug. 2017
  • The three-year contract included the first-ever opt-out clause when MacPhail agreed to it as an icebreaker.
    — Star Tribune, 13 July 2021
  • The Chinese also are building their own fleet of icebreakers, a clear bet on the future by a nation that lies more than 2,500 miles south of the pole.
    — Neil Shea, National Geographic, 21 Aug. 2019
  • Any good icebreakers or words of wisdom to quell the anxiety?
    — Marissa A. Ross, Bon Appetit, 29 May 2018
  • The icebreaker is now sailing toward Cape Town and is expected there in about a week.
    — New York Times, 15 Mar. 2022
  • The new icebreaker will be similar in size to the Mackinaw.
    — Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 22 Dec. 2022
  • Adult games are a great icebreaker too, sparking some friendly competition, especially if neighbors don’t know each other well.
    — Colleen Sullivan, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Sep. 2024

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