Examples of snowdrift in a Sentence
The car was almost buried in a snowdrift.
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Sparse snowdrifts, some ponding of standing water, and repairs to the water system being made.
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Casa Sacramento, CBS News, 19 Nov. 2025
After a day outdoors, the nearly 26,000-square-foot spa beckons with hydrotherapy pools, a 115-foot indoor lap pool, an outdoor pool surrounded by snowdrifts in winter, and saunas scented with pine.
—Mark Ellwood, AFAR Media, 7 Nov. 2025
Law enforcement officials stated that the helicopter lost traction while attempting to land at 7:43 A.M. local time, skidding in snowdrifts and overturning on the helipad.
—Owen Clarke, Outside, 31 Oct. 2025
Each loop of the driveway produced an impassable snowdrift in winter, but by then Carol and Mike were on the coast, watching waving kelp fronds from their living room.
—Literary Hub, 17 Oct. 2025
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Casa Sacramento, CBS News, 19 Nov. 2025
After a day outdoors, the nearly 26,000-square-foot spa beckons with hydrotherapy pools, a 115-foot indoor lap pool, an outdoor pool surrounded by snowdrifts in winter, and saunas scented with pine.
—Mark Ellwood, AFAR Media, 7 Nov. 2025
Law enforcement officials stated that the helicopter lost traction while attempting to land at 7:43 A.M. local time, skidding in snowdrifts and overturning on the helipad.
—Owen Clarke, Outside, 31 Oct. 2025
Each loop of the driveway produced an impassable snowdrift in winter, but by then Carol and Mike were on the coast, watching waving kelp fronds from their living room.
—Literary Hub, 17 Oct. 2025
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“Snowdrift.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/snowdrift. Accessed 15 Dec. 2025.
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snowdrift
noun
snow·drift
-ˌdrift 
: a bank of drifted snow
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