snowdrift
Example Sentences
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More waste arrives daily, piling up like technicolour snowdrifts along the roads and rivers of Xa Cau, one of hundreds of "craft" recycling villages encircling Vietnam's capital Hanoi where waste is sorted, shredded and melted.
From Barron's
By this time there was a snowdrift of torn-up paper heaped around her chair.
From Literature
The glacier was covered with slick ice and sweeping snowdrifts and deep crevasses.
From Literature
There have been reports of heavy snowdrifts and strong winds in the area.
From BBC
Jack woke up facedown in a snowdrift, and for a second—before the cold cut through his shock—he wondered exactly how many times he was going to be knocked out during this quest.
From Literature
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