snowdrift

Example Sentences

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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

But for now, please make do with this video of a man jumping into a snowdrift in celebration.

From New York Times • Nov. 19, 2021

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

They would go up on the snowdrift at one end of the living room, and run down, one behind the other, onto the ice, until they were running too fast to keep their balance.

From "Mr. Popper's Penguins" by Florence Atwater and Richard Atwater