break the ice

[breɪk ðə aɪs]

Definition:
1. Make people feel more comfortable.
2. To make people who have not met before feel more relaxed with each other.

Use 'break the ice' in a sentence:

1. I usually break the ice in awkward social situations by telling an amusing anecdote.
2. Break the Ice Improving the Active Interaction in the TEFL Classroom: An Action Research Report.
3. When I started college, I used to ask questions in class to break the ice and make new friends.
4. Thee host told a joke to his guest to break the ice.
5. Jim started to break the ice up on the frozen lake.
6. Just tell a joke to break the ice with your team.
7. This will help break the ice and chances are no one else is going to do it.
8. Everything feels so formal that it's good to break the ice.
9. Let's kiss to break the ice.
10. Bus Stops: Break the ice always with a smile.
11. I'll give a prize to the best idea. Talking of good ideas, here's one to break the ice at a wedding reception.
12. Party games can help to break the ice.
13. to break the ice, and/ or to end a conversation.
14. A: Once you break the ice, it will be better and better.
15. A few drinks will help to break the ice at the party.
16. In order to break the ice the interviewer may ask some trivial questions about the weather or traffic.
17. We need some icebreakers to break the ice at the workshop.
18. He is the first to break the ice of the enterprise.
19. I wanna break the ice with the woman in homicide.
20. Enough to break the ice! Hi, my name is John.
21. Time your coffee break along with your employees' coffee break. That helps break the ice.
22. Maybe you just need a few pick-up lines, you know, break the ice.
23. A man with good social skills knows the right time to break the ice.
24. The host tell a joke to his guest to break the ice.
25. We need someone to break the ice.
26. I never know how to break the ice and start conversations.
27. To break the ice Ted spoke of his interest in mountain climbing, and they soon had a conversation going.
28. When meeting potential new clients, it's important to break the ice by starting the conversation.
29. But you put a bunch of young kids together and the noise tells you they break the ice in five minutes.
30. I suppose we'd better& better break the ice.
31. It needs to break the ice, so we say: the scene is very cold!
32. What we have to do now is to break the ice.
33. If we can't break the ice.
34. After a long silence his remarks helped to break the ice.
35. The host told a joke to his guest to break the ice.
36. Once you break the ice, continue with your normal tone and speak few words about relevant matter.
37. Instead of having to break the ice with someone, assume there is no ice.
38. I'll break the ice and start a conversation.
39. Saying something about the weather is the most typical way to break the ice.
40. We British can be a bit reserved or formal so it's good if someone can break the ice.
41. We all want to talk on this subject, but no one is willing to break the ice.
42. Break the ice doesn't mean to knock someone's house down.
43. The best way to break the ice is to offer her a drink.
44. The major purpose of his trip was to break the ice, and his itinerary so far has been packed full.
45. Enough to break the ice!
46. It is so easy for children to break the ice in several minutes.
47. The host told a joke to his guests to break the ice.
48. To become an effective communicator, first thing you need to do is to learn to break the ice.
49. I hate going to parties. I never know how to break the ice and start conversations with people.
50. What we have to do now is to break the ice .
51. He told an interesting story to break the ice.
52. Complimenting someone on their garment is also a great way to break the ice.