snowdrift

Example Sentences

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Hours later, Syta got a frantic call from her mother after she’d been trapped in a snowdrift for several hours.

From Washington Post • Dec. 27, 2022

Their snowdrift coating makes this dish look complex, but that delicate casing is easy to achieve.

From New York Times • Mar. 11, 2022

Use safeguards and properly ventilate when using heat from a fireplace, space heater or wood stove and make sure gas furnaces are not blocked by a snowdrift.

From Fox News • Oct. 26, 2021

Unable to make a dent in the rocky, frozen ground, Bjorge dug his foxhole in a snowdrift.

From Washington Times • Feb. 29, 2020

The demons stalked them carefully for nearly a hundred feet, then one of them snatched the gentleman’s hat and thrust it into a nearby snowdrift.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss