Examples of snowdrift in a Sentence
The car was almost buried in a snowdrift.
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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.
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Aaron Parseghian, CBS News, 26 Jan. 2026
On Long Island, where open farm fields can expose roads to snowdrifts, highway superintendents are preparing by checking snow fences, which help trap windblown snow, and readying large snow-blowing trucks.
—Anusha Mathur, NPR, 24 Jan. 2026
For most other people, winter just grinds on, with dingy snowdrifts melting into puddles that will freeze into ice slicks.
—Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 17 Jan. 2026
The streets of New York were lined with snowdrifts stained black by soot, smog, and Model T motor oil.
—Literary Hub, 17 Dec. 2025
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Aaron Parseghian, CBS News, 26 Jan. 2026
On Long Island, where open farm fields can expose roads to snowdrifts, highway superintendents are preparing by checking snow fences, which help trap windblown snow, and readying large snow-blowing trucks.
—Anusha Mathur, NPR, 24 Jan. 2026
For most other people, winter just grinds on, with dingy snowdrifts melting into puddles that will freeze into ice slicks.
—Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 17 Jan. 2026
The streets of New York were lined with snowdrifts stained black by soot, smog, and Model T motor oil.
—Literary Hub, 17 Dec. 2025
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“Snowdrift.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/snowdrift. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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snowdrift
noun
snow·drift
-ˌdrift 
: a bank of drifted snow
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