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

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

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2025

The word resilience could be interpreted by some as disparaging, or even toxic, in a similar vein as the term "snowflake generation".

From BBC • Jan. 6, 2025

When light enters a snowflake, the complex structure of the ice crystals scatter the light into the seven colours of the rainbow.

From BBC • Dec. 24, 2024

A lone snowflake dances past the window, wafting on an air current.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman