- present participle of snowball.
snowballing
Example Sentences
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Jason Arday, who made headlines when appointed as Cambridge's youngest black professor in 2023, resigned Wednesday after the university announced a probe into snowballing claims he plagiarised parts of his PhD thesis.
From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026
On Jan. 8, the regime shut off the internet and moved to crush the snowballing movement.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 28, 2026
The report had the effect of snowballing losses, as the company had already disclosed problems impacting over 6,000 aircraft.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 1, 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
Then, snowballing the rest of the clothes into one soft, conglomerate mass, she stuffed them out of sight under the bed.
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
