Examples of snowdrift in a Sentence
The car was almost buried in a snowdrift.
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Compared with the ostensible consequences of the prisoner’s dilemma, getting fleeced in the snowdrift problem’s scenario isn’t quite as disastrous.
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Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 23 Feb. 2026
The snow is piling up in Long Branch, New Jersey, with wind gusts leading to snowdrifts.
—Phil Helsel, NBC news, 23 Feb. 2026
And, showcasing their awesome, frightening power, one avalanche derailed a train in Switzerland on Monday, injuring five on board, while another swept through a refuge on a French mountainside earlier this month, shattering windows and dumping snowdrifts inside the building’s kitchen.
—Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 22 Feb. 2026
The scraping of plow trucks and the roar of snowblowers echoed through town as cars sat buried in snowdrifts and neighbors spent hours clearing driveways.
—Aaron Parseghian, CBS News, 26 Jan. 2026
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Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 23 Feb. 2026
The snow is piling up in Long Branch, New Jersey, with wind gusts leading to snowdrifts.
—Phil Helsel, NBC news, 23 Feb. 2026
And, showcasing their awesome, frightening power, one avalanche derailed a train in Switzerland on Monday, injuring five on board, while another swept through a refuge on a French mountainside earlier this month, shattering windows and dumping snowdrifts inside the building’s kitchen.
—Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 22 Feb. 2026
The scraping of plow trucks and the roar of snowblowers echoed through town as cars sat buried in snowdrifts and neighbors spent hours clearing driveways.
—Aaron Parseghian, CBS News, 26 Jan. 2026
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“Snowdrift.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/snowdrift. Accessed 7 Mar. 2026.
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snowdrift
noun
snow·drift
-ˌdrift 
: a bank of drifted snow
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