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

This is around walking pace but, in calm conditions, a snowflake can take around an hour to reach the ground after leaving the base of the cloud.

From BBC • Dec. 24, 2024

The official Met Office definition of a white Christmas is for one snowflake to be observed falling in the 24 hours of 25 December somewhere in the UK.

From BBC • Dec. 13, 2024

“Here you go,” he said, and tossed me a gift wrapped in snowflake Christmas paper.

From "The Stars Beneath Our Feet" by David Barclay Moore