- present participle of snowball.
snowballing
Example Sentences
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On Jan. 8, the regime shut off the internet and moved to crush the snowballing movement.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 28, 2026
This has resulted in a very positive snowballing of monthly benefits that wouldn’t have otherwise occurred.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 4, 2025
Union bosses say teachers are under unprecedented pressure, suffering from snowballing demands, ever increasing workloads and, in many cases, burnout.
From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2025
“It seems like at-bats are snowballing on us right now,” Kiké Hernández added.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2025
Things had been snowballing, fast, and I couldn’t pretend I wasn’t scared anymore.
From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi
