Examples of snowbank in a Sentence
The car slid into a snowbank.
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Also in January, another ValuJet DC-9 with 30 people aboard slid into a snowbank after landing at Dulles International Airport outside Washington, closing the airport for nearly three hours.
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Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 21 Apr. 2026
Beardsley’s remains were discovered amid a snowbank on Dec. 17, 1977, in the Emigrant Gap area of Placer County.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 24 Mar. 2026
The front of the GMC struck the passenger side of the Subaru, pinning it against a snowbank, said Officer Carlos Perez, a spokesperson for the CHP’s Trucke office.
—Daniel Hunt, Sacbee.com, 28 Feb. 2026
Galvan’s family and then officers called to the scene found him on the ground near a snowbank, gasping for breath.
—Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 24 Feb. 2026
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Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 21 Apr. 2026
Beardsley’s remains were discovered amid a snowbank on Dec. 17, 1977, in the Emigrant Gap area of Placer County.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 24 Mar. 2026
The front of the GMC struck the passenger side of the Subaru, pinning it against a snowbank, said Officer Carlos Perez, a spokesperson for the CHP’s Trucke office.
—Daniel Hunt, Sacbee.com, 28 Feb. 2026
Galvan’s family and then officers called to the scene found him on the ground near a snowbank, gasping for breath.
—Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 24 Feb. 2026
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“Snowbank.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/snowbank. Accessed 30 Apr. 2026.
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snowbank
noun
snow·bank
ˈsnō-ˌbaŋk 
: a mound or slope of snow
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