snowflake
Example Sentences
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The 17th Century Baroque Charlottenburg Palace is illuminated in different colours, with falling snowflakes projected onto its facade and wooden stalls in front.
From BBC
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
Or you can dismiss those offended by the statue as snowflakes.
From Seattle Times
"I think if I was having difficulty breathing I would notice, but these are young people saying this. Are they all snowflakes?" he asked Fox contributor Charly Arnolt.
From Salon
Ms. Wu quipped at the event that she was getting used to dealing with “problems that are expensive, disruptive and white. I’m talking about snowflakes — I mean snowstorms.”
From New York Times
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