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The earliest recorded appearance of the word blizzard meaning “a severe snowstorm” was in the April 23, 1870 issue of a newspaper published in Estherville, Iowa. Blizzard shows up again during the following years in several newspapers in Iowa and neighboring states, and by 1888, when a snowstorm paralyzed the Eastern seaboard, the word was well-known nationally. However, in other senses, the word blizzard existed earlier. Davy Crockett, for instance, used it twice in the 1830s, once to mean a rifle blast and once to mean for a blast of words. All of these uses seem related, but the ultimate origin of the word is still unclear.
Examples of blizzard in a Sentence
Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 30 Apr. 2025
Read is accused of backing her Lexus SUV into her boyfriend, John O'Keefe, a Boston police officer, causing a head injury and leaving him to die on the ground in a blizzard on Jan. 29, 2022.
—Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 9 Apr. 2025
During his career, Marciano has covered nearly every major natural disaster experienced in the United States, including floods, tornadoes, blizzards, and erupting volcanos in Hawaii.
—Rob Marciano, CBS News, 9 Apr. 2025
When a raging blizzard traps the group inside, secrets, lies and betrayals all bubble to the surface, and the question of who will die — and who will do the killing — becomes more and more intriguing.
—Calum Marsh, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
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“Blizzard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blizzard. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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