wintry

Example Sentences

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The government has credited wintry weather with a recent lull in the disease.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

By Sunday, heavy rain will spread south and east across the UK followed by some wintry showers and sunny spells across Scotland, Northern Ireland and later in the day northern England and Wales.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

The showers will be wintry in nature with hail and thunder for some.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

By Sunday night there is a renewed chance of these showers turning wintry in the north.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026

Turner went in, slowly, warily, feeling about as eager to go in as black molasses to flow on a wintry day.

From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt