snowdrift
Example Sentences
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If you go to “La Bohème” at the Metropolitan Opera this season and are convinced that the big snowdrift in Act III looks a little fresher than usual, you’re not hallucinating.
From New York Times ● Oct. 22, 2023
Hours later, Syta got a frantic call from her mother after she’d been trapped in a snowdrift for several hours.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 27, 2022
Use safeguards and properly ventilate when using heat from a fireplace, space heater or wood stove and make sure gas furnaces are not blocked by a snowdrift.
From Fox News ● Oct. 26, 2021
Unable to make a dent in the rocky, frozen ground, Bjorge dug his foxhole in a snowdrift.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 29, 2020
The queen grabbed hold of Princess Shireen and pulled her back, her knights reached for their swords, and Patchface reeled away in alarm, lost his footing, and plopped down on his arse in a snowdrift.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
