The thawed ground was muddy.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

The thawed ice was treacherous.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

Verb (used without object) : Sit by the fire and thaw out. ,It will probably thaw today. ,He thawed at their kindness. ,International relations thawed.    From Dictionary.com. 

Verb (used with object) : I took the steaks out of the freezer and thawed them.    From Dictionary.com. 

Noun : We had a two-week thaw in January. ,The Anchorage thaw came on May 18th.    From Dictionary.com. 

We like it with fruit on it, such as thawed frozen berries.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2009-01-01] Reference

A freeze in spending for specialized IT skills has "thawed,".    From Wordnik.com.  [InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs]

Spock’s expression thawed a bit as he nodded comprehendingly.    From Wordnik.com.  [YESTERDAY’S SON] Reference

"thawed" stamped onto each piece and some typography that is repeated.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Daily Dose of Architecture] Reference

'' frozen '' under proceeds-of-crime laws in May and October 2008 could be "thawed".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Age News Headlines] Reference

She gave orders to take their clothes and have them thawed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Epic and Romance Essays on Medieval Literature] Reference

Once its completely thawed, the race against the clock begins.    From Wordnik.com.  [Up Close With a Colossal Squid] Reference

Everybody thawed at once; for most of those present had been much in.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Rose of Old St. Louis] Reference

It thawed for two days, and then became cold on the following night.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Youth's Companion Volume LII, Number 11, Thursday, March 13, 1879] Reference

He gradually thawed out, and took me in a measure into his confidence.    From Wordnik.com.  [Through St. Dunstan's to Light] Reference

Make sure the turkey is completely thawed and be careful with marinades.    From Wordnik.com.  [Don't be a turkey: Gas fryers are unsafe] Reference

A thawed turkey can remain in the refrigerator for 1-2 days before cooking.    From Wordnik.com.  [This week in safety: Talking turkey about food safety] Reference

In vain did he try to seem cold to her; his heart thawed in spite of himself.    From Wordnik.com.  [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference

Five hundred thousand I got, and never thawed out more'n a square yard of dirt.    From Wordnik.com.  [Colorado Jim] Reference

Some vegetables aren't freezer friendly because they become limp and soggy when thawed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tip of the Day: Freeze summer fruits and vegetables] Reference

Under Mr. Dean's genial influence Mary thawed a trifle and even went so far as to address.    From Wordnik.com.  [Marjorie Dean High School Sophomore] Reference

Was it really his poem that produced so much excitement, which had thawed this cold public?.    From Wordnik.com.  [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference

He had kissed her at Little Badholme, had apparently thawed for ever the chilly heart of her.    From Wordnik.com.  [Colorado Jim] Reference

We were frozen stiff and had to have our hands thawed out in cold water when we reached Presho.    From Wordnik.com.  [Land of the Burnt Thigh] Reference

By this time the strange youth had been thawed lout and was dropping asleep against the warm rock.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ruth Fielding at Snow Camp Or, Lost in the Backwoods] Reference

I drink my brandy and its fire hits my gullet, topping up brandy's of winter's snowed on and thawed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Snow] Reference

Libya was on a list of "state sponsors of terrorism" until 2006, although relations have since thawed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Barclays fined $298m for sanction breaking] Reference

In fact, it's almost as if I've thawed some during this summer's heat and with the warmth of the years.    From Wordnik.com.  [Deborah Schoeberlein: Just Call Me Sweetheart] Reference

You can have the freeze lifted, or “thawed,” to let people peek at your info, but that can take time.    From Wordnik.com.  [The downside of credit freezes] Reference

To refresh thawed baguettes, rolls, and other breads, unwrap and heat them in the microwave for a few seconds.    From Wordnik.com.  [For the weekend: Wrap it, freeze it, or throw it away] Reference

In many parts of the mining region, as in Alaska, the frozen ground must be thawed by fires before it can be worked.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania] Reference

It would always take me nearly a whole day to get him thawed out, and the least thing would make him freeze up again.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tales of the Road] Reference

The paper was placed over the ice, so that the hot water could not be poured on it, which would have thawed it at once.    From Wordnik.com.  [Farm drainage The Principles, Processes, and Effects of Draining Land with Stones, Wood, Plows, and Open Ditches, and Especially with Tiles] Reference

In any case, after four years of marriage, she had finally thawed, for no apparent reason other than that she felt like it.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Ageing Beaver] Reference

The houses in the distance thawed like ice cubes, their blurry exteriors melting into the same image of an old peeling house.    From Wordnik.com.  [The old man in the window is probably scarier than he looks.] Reference

My typical aversion to other people had temporarily thawed, but not enough for me to take my chances with the general populace.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sociopathic Medicine] Reference

That very rapid freeze minimizes tissue damage, so when the fish is thawed you don't get any liquid draining out of ruptured cells.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sole On Ice: Frozen Fish With Flavor] Reference