snowflake

Example Sentences

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The sensors also have an aerosol probe that measures particulate matter, because dust helps with snowflake formation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025

In fact, just a single snowflake has to be recorded falling at any point during the 24 hours of 25 December at any of the Met Office's network of around 300 observing stations.

From BBC • Nov. 24, 2025

The arrival of only one snowflake adds to Gobo’s severe case of writer’s block.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2025

This is around walking pace but, in calm conditions, a snowflake can take around an hour to reach the ground after leaving the base of the cloud.

From BBC • Dec. 24, 2024

The teacher had put images of what looked like crystal snowflake ornaments on the overhead projector.

From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu