snowdrift

Example Sentences

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On the railway, Network Rail has been working to clear heavy snowdrifts blocking lines across northern Scotland.

From BBC

More waste arrives daily, piling up like technicolour snowdrifts along the roads and rivers of Xa Cau, one of hundreds of "craft" recycling villages encircling Vietnam's capital Hanoi where waste is sorted, shredded and melted.

From Barron's

By this time there was a snowdrift of torn-up paper heaped around her chair.

From Literature

The glacier was covered with slick ice and sweeping snowdrifts and deep crevasses.

From Literature

There have been reports of heavy snowdrifts and strong winds in the area.

From BBC