wintry

Example Sentences

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Days lengthen and the Sun gets stronger, but when cold air moves in from the north, we can be quickly plunged back into wintry weather.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

The government has credited wintry weather with a recent lull in the disease.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

By Sunday, heavy rain will spread south and east across the UK followed by some wintry showers and sunny spells across Scotland, Northern Ireland and later in the day northern England and Wales.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

The showers will be wintry in nature with hail and thunder for some.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

When full of flowers they would doubtless look pretty; but now, at the latter end of January, all was wintry blight and brown decay.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë