snow·plow
ˈsnō-ˌplau̇ 
1
: any of various devices used for clearing away snow
2
: a stemming with both skis used for coming to a stop, slowing down, or descending slowly
snowplowed; snowplowing; snowplows
: to execute a snowplow
snowplowed to a stop
Examples of snowplow in a Sentence
Verb
He snowplowed to a stop.
Recent Examples on the Web
Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN, 15 Mar. 2024
The popular conception has been that this must be detrimental to children — with snowplow parents clearing obstacles and ending up with adult children who have failed to launch, still dependent upon them.
—Claire Cain Miller, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2024
An 86-year-old woman has died after being hit by a snowplow, then backed over by the same snowplow, on Tuesday in Fraser.
—Kylie Martin, Detroit Free Press, 18 Jan. 2024
Complicating the rescue and snow removal work were rocks, debris and tree branches mixed in the snow, broken off as avalanches gushed down pine and birch forest slopes toward a river valley, rendering rotary snowplow vehicles useless.
—Reuters, NBC News, 16 Jan. 2024
And just as a rule, ADOT says, never pass a snowplow.
—The Arizona Republic, 10 Jan. 2024
Michigan Vista Springs Timber Ridge Village (East Lansing) December 2022
Lois Kathryn Cary, 82, wandered outside in a blizzard and was discovered by a snowplow driver.
—Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 17 Dec. 2023
Jeremy Renner is back in his first acting role since his near-fatal snowplow accident last year.
—Jodi Guglielmi, Rolling Stone, 28 Mar. 2024
The third season of the Taylor Sheridan Paramount Network series marks Renner’s acting comeback following his near-fatal 2023 New Year’s Day snowplow accident.
—Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Mar. 2024
John Benson, cleveland, 29 Dec. 2022
Some Massachusetts towns, for example, are offering up to $310 an hour to snowplow operators amid stiff competition for commercial drivers.
—al, 16 Nov. 2021
Beyond body cameras for Kenosha County Sheriff deputies, the budget includes funding for projects that ranged from highway improvements to snowplow equipment.
—Ricardo Torres, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 Nov. 2020
Parents are hovering and helicoptering and snowplowing in ways that are so toxic for their children.
—Amy Haneline, USA TODAY, 14 June 2019
Yet somehow within an hour, the whole circus, from snowball-hurling middle schoolers to wobbly kindergartners, is snowplowing, then speeding, downhill.
—Melody Warnick, Woman's Day, 2 Apr. 2019
The board is also reviewing a homeowners association agreement, which outlines how the group will be responsible for a common septic system, and snowplowing the development’s private road, Guimond said.
—Jill Terreri Ramos, BostonGlobe.com, 10 May 2018
The results show the risks posed by the deficit-reduction plan that lawmakers have advanced to help pay for basic government services like schools and snowplowing while preserving a decades-old cash benefit.
—Nathaniel Herz, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Jan. 2018
Already a few bike trails are snowplowed in winter to allow hardy residents with fat-tired bikes to get around.
—Tony Bizjak, sacbee, 10 May 2017
Noun
The Ohio Department of Transportation used snowplows to move debris in Logan County, spokesperson Matt Bruning told CNN.
—Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN, 15 Mar. 2024
The popular conception has been that this must be detrimental to children — with snowplow parents clearing obstacles and ending up with adult children who have failed to launch, still dependent upon them.
—Claire Cain Miller, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2024
An 86-year-old woman has died after being hit by a snowplow, then backed over by the same snowplow, on Tuesday in Fraser.
—Kylie Martin, Detroit Free Press, 18 Jan. 2024
Complicating the rescue and snow removal work were rocks, debris and tree branches mixed in the snow, broken off as avalanches gushed down pine and birch forest slopes toward a river valley, rendering rotary snowplow vehicles useless.
—Reuters, NBC News, 16 Jan. 2024
And just as a rule, ADOT says, never pass a snowplow.
—The Arizona Republic, 10 Jan. 2024
Michigan Vista Springs Timber Ridge Village (East Lansing) December 2022
Lois Kathryn Cary, 82, wandered outside in a blizzard and was discovered by a snowplow driver.
—Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 17 Dec. 2023
Jeremy Renner is back in his first acting role since his near-fatal snowplow accident last year.
—Jodi Guglielmi, Rolling Stone, 28 Mar. 2024
The third season of the Taylor Sheridan Paramount Network series marks Renner’s acting comeback following his near-fatal 2023 New Year’s Day snowplow accident.
—Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Mar. 2024
Verb
That’s why after ordering a new 10-ton 2022 Freightliner snowplow in 2021 the city is already moving ahead with an additional 2023 model.
—John Benson, cleveland, 29 Dec. 2022
Some Massachusetts towns, for example, are offering up to $310 an hour to snowplow operators amid stiff competition for commercial drivers.
—al, 16 Nov. 2021
Beyond body cameras for Kenosha County Sheriff deputies, the budget includes funding for projects that ranged from highway improvements to snowplow equipment.
—Ricardo Torres, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 Nov. 2020
Parents are hovering and helicoptering and snowplowing in ways that are so toxic for their children.
—Amy Haneline, USA TODAY, 14 June 2019
Yet somehow within an hour, the whole circus, from snowball-hurling middle schoolers to wobbly kindergartners, is snowplowing, then speeding, downhill.
—Melody Warnick, Woman's Day, 2 Apr. 2019
The board is also reviewing a homeowners association agreement, which outlines how the group will be responsible for a common septic system, and snowplowing the development’s private road, Guimond said.
—Jill Terreri Ramos, BostonGlobe.com, 10 May 2018
The results show the risks posed by the deficit-reduction plan that lawmakers have advanced to help pay for basic government services like schools and snowplowing while preserving a decades-old cash benefit.
—Nathaniel Herz, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Jan. 2018
Already a few bike trails are snowplowed in winter to allow hardy residents with fat-tired bikes to get around.
—Tony Bizjak, sacbee, 10 May 2017
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