The ice began to break, and the sea carried him away from me.

And while the two still don't seem cozy with one another, the ice is at least beginning to melt.

They were black, and so cold that ice was beginning to form on them.

The ice was beginning to break up as the sun warmed and the days grew longer.

The ice, if not broken, was beginning to soften a little.

And the ice of your closed mind begins to crack.

Well, last week, the ice finally began to crack on this important issue.

With the cracking sound it had made earlier, the ice began to fall away.

In the past week, however, the ice has begun to melt a bit.

In the warmer weather the ice began to break up, making travel more difficult.