Examples of snowdrift in a Sentence
The car was almost buried in a snowdrift.
Recent Examples on the Web
Yes, the sun might be glancing off the snowdrifts, and the birds may be chirping away with blithe exuberance.
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Celine Nguyen, The Atlantic, 20 Mar. 2024
Major roadways leading to the stadium were cleared, with 5-foot snowdrifts lining the roads after they were plowed.
—John Wawrow, USA TODAY, 15 Jan. 2024
Meteorologists warn that persistent snowdrift could hamper clean up efforts from the intense weekend blizzard.
—Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2024
How Iowa has historically impacted presidential campaigns 01:45 The Iowa caucuses can launch campaigns onto the nomination or bury them beneath the snowdrifts.
—Caroline Linton, CBS News, 16 Jan. 2024
The blizzard of 1873 left snowdrifts a dozen feet high on some Indiana farms.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2023
Like other homeowners in the towns near Lake Tahoe, Mr. Culp was racing to remove massive snowdrifts from his roof.
—Eliza Fawcett, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2023
Rain then morphed into macadamia-nut-sized hail that pelted the stadium, leaving what looked like foot-high snowdrifts on the floor of each dugout.
—Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2023
The storm inundated Buffalo with more than 50 inches of snow from during Christmastime, caused snowdrifts of up to 15 feet and killed 15 Erie County residents in addition to the 31 people who died in Buffalo’s city limits.
—Laura Ly, CNN, 2 June 2023
Celine Nguyen, The Atlantic, 20 Mar. 2024
Major roadways leading to the stadium were cleared, with 5-foot snowdrifts lining the roads after they were plowed.
—John Wawrow, USA TODAY, 15 Jan. 2024
Meteorologists warn that persistent snowdrift could hamper clean up efforts from the intense weekend blizzard.
—Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2024
How Iowa has historically impacted presidential campaigns 01:45 The Iowa caucuses can launch campaigns onto the nomination or bury them beneath the snowdrifts.
—Caroline Linton, CBS News, 16 Jan. 2024
The blizzard of 1873 left snowdrifts a dozen feet high on some Indiana farms.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2023
Like other homeowners in the towns near Lake Tahoe, Mr. Culp was racing to remove massive snowdrifts from his roof.
—Eliza Fawcett, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2023
Rain then morphed into macadamia-nut-sized hail that pelted the stadium, leaving what looked like foot-high snowdrifts on the floor of each dugout.
—Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2023
The storm inundated Buffalo with more than 50 inches of snow from during Christmastime, caused snowdrifts of up to 15 feet and killed 15 Erie County residents in addition to the 31 people who died in Buffalo’s city limits.
—Laura Ly, CNN, 2 June 2023
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“Snowdrift.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/snowdrift. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.
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snowdrift
noun
snow·drift
-ˌdrift 
: a bank of drifted snow
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