snow globe

noun

: a sphere usually made of glass containing a miniature scene and flakes suspended in a clear liquid that give the appearance of snow falling onto the scene when the sphere is shaken

At the gift shop around the corner, you can buy giant panda oven mitts, hand towels, snow globes, decorative plates and change purses, among many other items.—

David Rowell

Examples of snow globe in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Daytime visits frequently begin in the Conservatory, which resembles an enormous snow globe, only the snowflakes are replaced by fluttering pollinators, tropical butterflies, morphs and moths. —

Michelle Strausbaugh, Kansas City Star, 3 July 2024 The collection includes souvenir mugs, snow globes, umbrellas, padlocks and T-shirts, for instance. —

Alex Wynne, WWD, 21 June 2024 Crosby, who’ll be sitting out this mission now that he’s been promoted to management, returns Bubbles’s lucky snow globe. —

Chris Klimek, Vulture, 9 Feb. 2024 Van Booy’s gift for language is immersive, creating a world as artfully self-contained as a snow globe. —

Danny Heitman, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for snow globe

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