snowflake

Example Sentences

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The sensors also have an aerosol probe that measures particulate matter, because dust helps with snowflake formation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025

The arrival of only one snowflake adds to Gobo’s severe case of writer’s block.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2025

The path and time taken for a snowflake to fall depends on several factors including the wind speed, the humidity of the air and the height of the cloud.

From BBC • Dec. 24, 2024

The authors found that the expression of the chaperone protein Hsp90, which helps other proteins acquire their functional shape, was gradually turned down as snowflake yeast evolved larger, tougher bodies.

From Science Daily • Mar. 8, 2024

When the sweeplight of a harbor patrol ship picked me out of the night like a snowflake on soot, I could not even turn my eyes away from the glare.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin