hoarfrost in a sentence
Examples
- As a sort of romantic revisiting of " Bed, " this work from the " Hoarfrost " series makes ample use of his early transfer process.
- Ideal conditions for hoarfrost to form on snow are cold clear nights, with very light, cold air currents conveying humidity at the right rate for growth of frost crystals.
- As Judy Hoarfrost, a member of the 1971 American team, recalled Tuesday night, she played four matches against an obviously superior Chinese player, and won three of them.
- They show the continuum of impressionism, from Pissarro's more structured approach to Monet's " Hoarfrost, near Vetheuil, " in which the world seems about to dissolve into color and light.
- Though it was called a " hoarfrost " by the weather observer, the icy patina was really rime ice, a type of rough, granular ice that forms when cold fog droplets freeze on contact with cold surfaces.
- As early-morning fog blankets the valley, wisps of steam rise from the fields and roads warmed by the sun the day before _ then freeze into the delicate lacy glaze of hoarfrost on all they touch, transforming the countryside.
- Hoarfrost is more fluffy and feathery than rime ice, forming when invisible water vapor in the air deposits directly onto exposed cold objects, particularly those with small diameters such as tree branches, plant stems, leaf edges, wires and poles.
- The fruit, a seed capsule, if left on the plant, ripens and opens at the end; as it dries, the crystallize, giving the fruits a diamond-dusted appearance, which the French call " givre " ( hoarfrost ).
- For the next hour or so we marveled at the fantastic glitter of ice-dripping waterfalls, hoarfrost crystals clinging to the roofs of caves, and the sheer limestone walls of " the Cathedral " shutting out all but a wedge of star-studded sky.
- Chapter 16 defines a small round substance or crust ( cap ? ) that grows in a pattern like hoarfrost ( stem ? ), which melts in the sun ( fresh ), tastes of honey ( preservative ), comes when the dew lifts, and will be a proving factor as to wether we will walk in Truth.