snow angel

noun

plural snow angels

: an impression in snow that resembles a conventional representation of an angel and is made by a person lying faceup in the snow and making sweeping motions with the arms and legs

Chances are snow angels and snow men will be your child's best buddies during the frigid winter months.—

Julie Bourland

She proceeds to make a snow angel, clearly enjoying the classic snowy activity.—

Kimberly Yam

Examples of snow angel in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Kornacki made snow angels with former Chiefs cornerback Albert Lewis, visited George Brett just after he got married, hung out in a Buffalo, New York mall and talked to fans with Derrick Thomas and Neil Smith in their fur coats. —

Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 7 Apr. 2024 Ewan McGregor plays a Russian count banished to an attic room in a hotel who dances, drinks, and makes snow angels in a trailer for the upcoming eight-part series A Gentleman in Moscow. —

Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Mar. 2024 An elasticized waist gives tummies plenty of breathing room to bend down and make snowballs or snow angels. —

Katrina Cossey, Parents, 12 Feb. 2024 Since then, there have been only occasional dustings, an inch or two perhaps; when Evelyn flops to the ground to make a snow angel, her wing-prints reach the wet earth below. —

Caitlin Gibson, Washington Post, 2 Feb. 2024 Sheep snarl traffic in France, a serviceman makes a snow angel in Ukraine and more images from around the world, selected by WSJ photo editors. —

WSJ, 27 Jan. 2024 Unlike last Colts season, when free agents were booking trips out of town and an entire offense couldn't bring itself to react to an opponent performing snow angels next to its injured quarterback, this is a team that fell in love with the concrete their feet walked on. —

Nate Atkins, The Indianapolis Star, 7 Jan. 2024 Some people tried to catch snowflakes on their tongues, while children spread their arms to make snow angels in fields blanketed with a light, white dusting. —

Eve Sampson, Washington Post, 11 July 2023 The man was on his back, his arms and legs spread out like a snow angel. —

oregonlive, 4 May 2023

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