blizzards

NOUN

snow storm

Synonyms

STRONGEST

gale precipitation squall

STRONG

blast snowfall tempest whiteout

Example Sentences

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This developing heatwave follows recent blizzards and frigid conditions in the Midwest and Great Lakes, along with heavy thunderstorms and tornado threats towards the East Coast.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026

And that’s to say nothing of the multiple blizzards that recently wreaked havoc in the U.S.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 3, 2026

Or as in the Northeast today, when it snows it blizzards.

From Barron's • Feb. 24, 2026

But amid blizzards, subzero winds, outrageous acts of state terror and every other despair lurking in The Big Dark, it’s a readily accessible, harmonious cul-de-sac in an era of rampant tone deafness.

From Salon • Feb. 7, 2026

And there are no great and dangerous slabs of ice that they must cross in spite of blizzards and starvation.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti