How To Use Snow In A Sentence

The snow relented and we were back to a rocky descending path.
A spokesman said: ‘Snow will continue through the day with a few dry interludes and it will slowly improve by the afternoon with snow turning more showery.’
I'm still feeling a bit cranially sprained, mind you, but the cat seems perfectly happy to be spending a snow day on the couch with me, watching S3 of Mission: Impossible. The Snowpocalypse Continues
Typically, it comes in the wintertime, packing a lot of snow.
The snowy dome of Fujisan reddening in the sunrise rose above the violet woodlands of Mississippi Bay as we steamed out of Yokohama Harbour on the 19th, and three days later I saw the last of Japan — a rugged coast, lashed by a wintry sea. Unbeaten Tracks in Japan

While the alpine end of the sport needs only cold weather to produce skiable terrain, cross-country must have snow.
Organic carbon mineralization was studied in a large humic lake in northern Sweden during a well-defined summer stratification period following high water flow during snowmelt.
What of it if Winter has another snow-storm or two up his sleeve?I take my staff and fare forth to greet Spring with three dogs at my heels.
Tough, stylish, and super comfy, this leather slip-on is the perfect after-sport snowshoe.
On the tops of some mountains snow persists throughout the year.
Winfrey interviewed Cruise at his mountaintop home near Telluride, Colorado, surrounded by the snow-capped Rocky Mountains.
The snowstorm will last till tomorrow afternoon.
He chased the unmigratory tropi-ducks from their shrewd-hidden nests, walked circumspectly among the crocodiles hauled out of water for slumber, and crept under the jungle-roof and spied upon the snow-white saucy cockatoos, the fierce ospreys, the heavy-flighted buzzards, the lories and kingfishers, and the absurdly garrulous little pygmy parrots. CHAPTER XV
More than a foot of snow blanketed parts of Michigan.
White snow gently fell onto the glass of the skylight, melting away.
The strength and ruggedness of the chains provide excellent performance in mud, snow and on ice.
The fact that I first met it as part of a pavlova didn't help: the deep clouds of snow-white sugar-cake need a fruit with a sting in its tail (the Antipodeans are bang on with their inclusion of passion fruit) if the dessert isn't to cloy. Tender delights
When I stepped back outside, the snow was continuing.
Beyond affecting the humans and wildlife that call the area home, the Arctic's warmer temperatures and decreases in permafrost, snow cover, glaciers and sea ice also have wide-ranging consequences for the physical and biological systems in other parts of the world. Arctic is warming, NOAA report says
Season of the Inundation: Sweet, black silt mingled with holy myrrh, melilot, hyssop, spikenard, balsam, cedar, and a hint of melting snow from the Abyssinian hills. Thor's Day
It is now widely recognised that there are uncertainties in determining both R and D. Uncertainties in D (loads/demand) are due to the fact that they may vary depending on location and time (eg. there are no snow loads in summer, change of use). 2009 January - Telic Thoughts
She was leaning against the wall, staring out over the still snowy landscape.
Combined with the snowily austere imagery of the scene, the effect is chilling.
Punters and racegoers have felt only a sense of deprivation through the snow and ice of recent weeks. Times, Sunday Times
I looked up at the night sky and snowflakes landed on my face.
Apart from a pale yellow primula, snowdrops are the only flowers in the front garden but despite this there is plenty of other interest.
We crawled along a broadish wall, with an inch or two of powdery snow on it, and then up a sloping buttress on to the flat roof of the house. Greenmantle
He was also trying to sell a snowy owl without the proper permits. Times, Sunday Times
He won the summit in the thick of howling wind and driving snow, providentially stumbling upon Trust
The trail will accommodate five core activities: walking, cycling, horseback riding, cross-country skiing, and snowmobiling (where possible or desired).
But one of the biggest gems for Nordic skiing is the plan for snowmaking capabilities.
More snow, sleet and rain is forecast for much of the country this week. The Sun
Still there was no snow, but there was frost glittering on the ground.
For two days it had been snowing, great flakes so plume-like that they seemed almost artificial, making one think of the blizzards which originate high in theatre-flies under the sovereignty of a stage-hand who sweats at his task of controlling the elements. Then I'll Come Back to You
His dark hair lay cropped close to his head like a monk's tonsure and his small black eyes sat deep within their sockets like tiny pieces of coal buried in a lump of snow.
“When I mentioned Mr. Snow’s name belowdecks it stirred up quite a fuss,” she said. The Berrybender Narratives
Finally, the actual meal-ender: a tender, subtle Chinese snow pear deep-fried in a beignet-like crust. Magic.
Free-range pigs have shelters shaped as triangles or half circles, but most porkers were lurking inside; pine trees had snow plastered on the north side of their trunks and the hot sun on the south side.
He always wiped the dirt or snow off, tucked his ripped shirt-tail in, or went yuk-yuk-yuk as he rubbed his reddening ass-cheeks, and the hate hardly ever showed. Blaze
We spent a misty day walking through the forests around Forsmark, where the newly fallen snow held the paw prints of lynx and the big M-shaped hoof marks of moose.
It's like they don't know how to drive in freaking snow. Archive 2009-01-01
It chiefly differs in the croup being blue instead of snow-white; but as Mr. Blyth informs me, the tint varies, being sometimes albescent. The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Vol. I.
The picture windows showcase vistas of the snow-covered mountains at their best. Times, Sunday Times
Just as the Olympic flame is about to reach Hong Kong and mainland China, the Guangdong province police have recently uncovered a case in which a cheap-rate factory in Guangdong was filling out orders by overseas Tibet splittist organizations to manufacture the snow-mountain-lion flags of Free Tibet. The Jawa Report
Nothing had felt this good since he had slept in Awi's wickiup, with the Dakota snow outside and the smell of cinnamon and long grass in his nose.
British summers mean we get rain, wind, sun, snow and frost all in the same week but our winters are just so glum, no blizzards just unrelenting dankness.
Pictures like "Snoball," which portrays a snow-cone shack with a yellow topped cone is softened by his gentle sense of humor: it is almost a "Pop" painting. John Seed: Rod Penner: Rust on Poles, Crumbling Asphalt, Light Hitting the Grass (PHOTOS)
This change of colour serves them well unless they are still white when the snow melts. Times, Sunday Times
Kislev is a land of dark pine forests, snow-clad wilderness and wind-swept steppes.
In deep snow, a pair of gaiters is also useful to prevent snow from cascading over your boot tops.
I feared the snow would bury the words beneath its drifts.
The view of snow-covered mountains through the picture windows is staggering. Times, Sunday Times
A dirty orange glow escapes from half-open hatches, grilled vents, and small square windows of grimy glass, and the clangour of beaten metal can be heard far out into the endless snowstorm. Weapon Of Choice short story – excerpt « INTERSTELLAR TACTICS
Every evergreen bough groaned with half a foot of snow; the streets and sidewalks had disappeared.
Life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one.In the depths of your hopes and desires lies your silent knowledge of the beyond; and like seeds dreaming beneath the snow, your heart dreams of spring. Trust the dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity. Kahlil Gibran
SNOW (voice-over): With his wife Silda by his side, New York Governor Eliot Spitzer, the man once known as Mr. Clean, addressed his fall from grace. CNN Transcript Mar 12, 2008
If you don't know what a carcake is which you probably don't, because as far as I know I invented the term, it's a great big loaf of snow that sits atop a motor vehicle after a snowstorm which the driver was either unable or unwilling to clear. The Indignity of Commuting by Bicycle: Cakes and Cheese
The sun was well down behind the snowy peaks before the bus made it to the top. The Crossing-Place
Myriad interrelated factors will influence which of them come down as snow. Times, Sunday Times
During the daytime, the snowcover reflects a significant portion of incoming radiational energy skyward or spaceward. USHCN Minimum Temperature Trends « Climate Audit
This new circuit will allow for the testing of braking system performance in snow and ice conditions on sharp corners and twisty turns.
Wen son, you await here, I quest big ice-cubes apology" Yi snow more thinks more uneasy, directly rush out to inebriate fairy building.
They had on little white aprons, trimmed with jaconet edging, and collars as clean and white as snow. "Co. Aytch" Maury Grays, First Tennessee Regiment or, A Side Show of the Big Show
She put on her felt hat and walked into the boundless wind and snow.
The turkeys themselves are mangy critters - snowy feathers dirty from sitting on mud, bald heads vulture-like.
Britain's only indigenous hare, the animals grow a white coat in winter to improve their camouflage in the snow. Times, Sunday Times
And to my great surprise, I discovered that snow here is often a more magical experience. Times, Sunday Times
You've been snowed, flim flammed from an early age and refuse to acknowledge it. Harlan Ellison on God
I hiked furiously, but it was pitch-dark and snowing.
From a flurry of delighted children sledging down a snowswept street in Bath to policemen joining in with group of teenagers having a snowball fight in Poole - your pics are helping us capture Britain as it is swept by snow.
When I went for my walk this afternoon there was still no sign of snow, though the drifts of fallen May blossom along the hedge bottoms kept my mind on the topic.
Montrose looked down at her fingertips against his snowy white cravat.
Frothy geysers and hissing fumaroles vent into icy air, huge herds of elk and bison gather in low basins for food and warmth, the forest glitters with ice, and a blanket of snow brings a rare silence.
Snow had been seen to fall also at Teneriffe, in a place lying above Esperanza de la Laguna, very near the town of that name, in the gardens of which the artocarpus flourishes. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1
If the snow isn't cleared from the roads quickly, it packs down hard and makes driving difficult.
Shakespeare to say: "Let the sky rain potatoes, hail kissing comfits, and snow eringoes. Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure
If you have to be snowbound, Cambridge, and especially the beautiful Charles Hotel, is a great place to be.
After a rain, caddisfly hatches occur here that resemble snowstorms. Big Brookies in a River You Can Wade
Once there, she catches the eye of her boss's son and puts her skills to good use in a snowboarding contest. The Sun
Families witness animals enduring an extreme climate, such as deer navigating through three feet of snow.
To write about the Donner Party, one has to address this aspect of the tale; but I haven't dwelled on it in Snow Mountain James Houston discusses Bird of Another Heaven
Just give in to the sleepy warmth of snow.
September 18, 2008 at 12: 50 pm cool. to me it looks like some little extra out of one of those rankin and bass tv specials. now that i think about it, it reminds me of the abominable snowman from the rudolph special. The Naugahyde Nauga : Scrubbles.net
Crop residue has a nutrient value and will catch snow, reduce evaporation, increase infiltration, and improve soil tilth.
Bernice lay contentedly at the edge of a sand embankment white as driven snow, her chin cupped in her hands, watching half a dozen or more mullets drift and swing in the limpid clear water below. The Mystery at Number Six
I can still remember biting through the coconut-studded chocolate shell into the gloriously sticky, snow-white goo within.
These major die-offs will continue to occur at unpredictable intervals when the most extensive, persistent, extremely unfavourable snow and ice conditions prevail.
The ejecta are still moving rapidly, however, and quickly sweep up surrounding matter to form a shell that slows down as mass gets accumulated, an action similar to that of a snowplow.
I stayed there for three days, until the snow began to melt, dripping in stealthy drops from my little roof.
As wet, fluffy snow fell throughout the day, many protestors began tossing snowballs at riot police.
I would love to be the person who saw the otters "gambolling in the snow" because that would be a fantastic sight. Country diary: Yeo Valley, Somerset
During the trial period the test car was not garaged, but exposed to moderately cold Michigan weather and one light snowfall.
Interviewer Ryan Tubridy sought the advice of Jon Snow ahead of the interview but was warned it would be difficult to extract anything 'revelatory' out of Tony Blair. Tony Blair interview greeted by Iraq war protesters and Jedward fans
He felt snow-blind to his surroundings as he sat up and shaded his eyes with chained hands. A KING'S RANSOM
The birds spread across a rising slope of snow furrowed with ditches worn by thousands of penguin feet.
He was frozen to death on a snowing night.
The snow came down in handfuls and cars jackknifed to the left and right of us as we drove east on unplowed streets.
CAMDEN - Trash collection will be suspended Saturday in parts of Camden due to an expected snowstorm. CourierPostOnline.com - News
The snow also caused extensive damage to trees that had just come into leaf. Times, Sunday Times
The wedge or snowplow is often one of the first downhill maneuvers a skier learns, but it is not easy to do.
Thus to this congregation of excellent, undeceiving refuge, we pray that by the power of this prayer expressed from a heart filled with fervent devotion and humility, may the body, speech and mind of the sole of the Land of Snows, the supreme Ngawang Lobsang Tenzin Gyatso, be indestructible, unfluctuating and unceasing; may he live immutable for a hundred aeons, seated on a diamond throne, transcending decay and destruction. The Long Life Prayer for the 14th Dalai Lama
«Il neige sur le cinéma», in which he discusses snow in the films of Georges Méliès, Jean Renoir, Charlie Chaplin, Leopold Lindtberg, René Clair, Robert Flaherty, and especially La Symphonie pastorale, Jean Delannoy's film based on Gide's novella? Languagehat.com: THE ONTOLOGY OF NARRATIVE.
That causes such hassles for retailers as longer police-response times, as well as less-frequent snow plowing and trash pickup.
The wetness turned to rain, then to sleet, and then to a nasty, slushy snow, blowing into my face no matter which direction I took.
Strong winds have built up large shelves of snow hanging off cliffs and steep mountain sides. Times, Sunday Times
January 12th, 2010 SHIMLA - Residents of Shimla woke up to a bright sunny day Thursday, a day after the season's first snowfall. Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7
Isaac stood there, snow whitening his black hair.
Patrick had told her it was strong enough to withstand many weather conditions, including hurricanes and snowstorms.
How did you get from rock bottom to the snowy peaks? Times, Sunday Times
He said the trek had been something of an ordeal over difficult terrain and there had been days of miserable weather with wind, rain and snow.
First of all, under the flail of the incessant wind, a crust would form on the surface of the snow of the type we knew as "piecrust," when out sledging. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914
Snow sculpture fans make plans to head for Sapporo and its famous snow festival.
Moto-cross, skate or snowboarding - take your pick - the look is very similar, if not the same.
He's just been asked why, within months of becoming leader, David Cameron had donned salopettes to travel to the Arctic with huskies in a demonstration of a new leader with new values, but at a similar stage in his leadership Ed Miliband is at home in north London, new Timberland deck shoes sparkling, nowhere near the north pole but in a living room with a beautiful cream carpet the closest thing to snow. Ed Miliband ? no huskies, no north pole, but he's in for the long haul
We went to build a snowman but before it was half finished I was chilled to the bone.
As the hillside was covered with snow, we had to walk up carefully.
Those sparks were another heat-dissipating mech - anism, and though the snow and ice had cooled the hooves below sparking level, there was still plenty of heat to serve. Split Infinity
The groundsmen were busy clearing every last flake of snow Inside the orchestra was practising in the ballroom; the photographers. WEB OF DREAMS
My pulmonarias have been lovely this year, clumps of frosted leaves and pink and lilac flowers throughout the garden hiding the dying foliage of snowdrops and mingling with forget-me-nots.
The lower-lying southern part of the country was also expected to be affected by sleet and snow showers.
The sun at noon thawed the snow on the roof.
Greek troops battled snow storms and rescued 108 train passengers stranded in sub-zero temperatures yesterday, authorities said.
Up the slope I saw a young pine standing in a kinnikinick snow-cover. Wild Life on the Rockies
Snow is common in cold countries.
The three-packs of snowballs and caramel teacakes are being sold through petrol station forecourts and other outlets.
The mountain's snow-white peak was incandescent against the blue sky.
Eight people have died in the past few days after snow, avalanches and freezing temperatures wreaked havoc. Times, Sunday Times
I wonder if she'd take offense if I ask her to put on a snowsuit.
Michael ran to the storekeeper and had him pack the snow globe, keeping the price tag separate, but hidden.
Intermediate snowboarders competed in the intermediate events immediately following the downhill skiers.
His session description very clearly demonstrates both incompetence and unethical behavior . . . regardless of Jackson's guilt or innocence which is an entirely different matter, albeit I tend not to buy the whole pure as undriven snow the Jackson sycophants are pushing. Uri Geller's Report . . .. . . on the Hypnosis Session he did with Michael Jackson . . .. . . bad trance management
To get there, the Beaverton, Ore., sportswear giant plans to open more stores, put a renewed focused on recreational sports such as running and snowboarding, and emphasize its stable of local endorsers such as Chinese Olympic track-and-field star Liu Xiang and Chinese tennis player Li Na. In China, Nike Sets Out to Alter Sports Mindset
For $3.7 million, you, too, can sit in this singular creation, gaze out at the magnificent sunsets, watch eagles wheel against the bright blue empyrean, pit yourself against the bellowing 74-mile-an-hour winds, the arctic snows, the unforgiving landscape. Undone by a house of dreams
For those who don't ski or snowboard, most festivals offer discounts at ski schools. Times, Sunday Times
At harvest the apples are little Snow White albino apples, so you unbag them for a few days until they take on a sweet little rose blush, like a sunburn on a virgin's buttock! Everything2 New Writeups
Several villages in the north have been isolated by heavy snowfalls.
In the special, Snow Miser controlled cold weather all over Earth; his archnemesis is his step brother, Heat Miser. WN.com - Articles related to Don't fry in the sun
There was more heavy snow across northern and eastern areas on the Monday. Times, Sunday Times
Remember when I told you about the culm banks after a snowstorm? BLOWN AWAY!
Indeed, consider how many drivers on our roads today have any experience of driving in snow, slush and frost?
But that journey was almost over now, and he felt his spirits rise with every step as he churned back into motion through the muddy, slushy snow.
In the city the snow had long lost its Persil whiteness, and seemed bruised by the dirt and smog that seeps into everything here sooner or later.
The children, as well as planting trees, also planted more than 150 bluebell bulbs and, had the weather been better, they could have planted snowdrops and daffodils too.
I stare at the snow drifting outside my window, at the nearly deserted street below, trying not to think about anything.
His only accompaniment was the soft hiss of snow passing beneath his skis and the low whistle of the wind as it shaped the loose powder.
We went to build a snowman but before it was half finished I was frozen to the bone.
The picture shows a dehydrated snowman: just his hat, coal eyes, carrot nose and stick arms remain.
Who needs a sweaty nightclub when you could be out in the snowy mountains, dancing in the crisp air under sunny skies? The Sun
The March Bank is at its peak with millions of scilla and glory-of-the-snow in full bloom.
The weather pattern gets marginally much better tomorrow with no snow in the forecast.
Snow was settling on the Pennines this morning but roads were still passable with care.
Snow was falling on the mountain tops.
Compare the following three texts — the previously-mentioned Passio sancti Pelagii by Hroswitha; Filius Getronis, a twelfth-century play of St. Nicholas from St. - Benoit-sur-Loire; and the tale of the snow child (a fabliau and several other retellings throughout the period). back A Tender Age: Cultural Anxieties over the Child in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries
And at winter dusk, sky and snow are bathed in delicate colours which linger for hours.
Theirs are the roofs on which the snow melts first because the occupants are heating the sky. Times, Sunday Times
A heavy fall of snow had disrupted the city's transport system.
Now, the top half of that system is going to be possibly a snowmaker for the Upper Peninsula, for parts of, say, maybe Upper Peninsula of Michigan and back into Wisconsin. CNN Transcript Nov 29, 2009
I stripped off my sodden socks and my snowsuit, already reeking of wet wool, and left them on the radiator.
They fear snow at its peak will melt and cause a deadly mudflow. The Sun
Tan seems not to realize that this old canard about the Inuit having 32 different words for snow, or whatever the number, is pure myth.
Then we had a snowball fight, wrestled around on the ground, and carried on with play fights for a short while until we were all quite exhausted.
Food is at its most plentiful during the short summer months, when the snow melts to uncover the higher mountain pastures.
You'll see them sideslipping and snowplowing, while moving at a speed so slow it's painful to watch.
The wind is drifting the snow.
Back on land where we could sink safely into the snow up to our ankles and giggle at our own bravery, there was an angry woman who didn't speak English, upbraiding us in a way that needed no translation.
To live anywhere in the world today and be against equality because of race or color is like living in Alaska and being against snow. William Faulkner
The children pelt each other with snowballs.
Gradually the sun warms up and then, finally, a band of bright, pale gold hits the snow and the fresh powder begins to sparkle beneath your skis.
This mass of towering, buckled stone and fluted snow is the most unaccommodating zone on Earth, and the painter, in his own words, is ‘not trying to force an egotistical or mystical image upon it’.
That sinking feeling we'd experienced as we watched the snow fall when it was supposed to be melting dissipated.
Opposite the fireplace, a bulky dark wood bed was draped in dark blue velvet covers and snowy white fur pelts, its sheets thrust to one side.
cows were strawed to weather the snowstorm
The central highlands are also receiving their first snowfall. Times, Sunday Times
We were all promised blizzards and arctic blasts today, and I dare say everyone was looking forward to being snowed in and enjoying a day off work snuggled up in front of the telly.
The wind drifted the snow into huge mounds.
You can tell this isn't going to be a winter of picturesque snowscapes and mitten-clad children scampering around with their hoods up - it's one of the bleak, sub-zero temperatures variety.
One hotly debated alternative proposes plowing the road from West Yellowstone to Old Faithful for mass-transit vehicles, and closing it to snowmobiles.
In addition to the night watches there were the so-called dogwatches with a man in the tower and, in case of fog or a snowstorm, there was daytime beach patrol.
The snow along the roadside was six feet deep in places.
Some of the snow you see on radar is virga - i.e. snow that is not yet reaching the ground. Update: Snow covering metro region
The ground was covered in a pristine layer of snow.
The ski's edge should bite into the snow.
Half a foot of overnight snowfall that stops with the dawn is about perfect, guaranteeing that any tracks you cross will be fresh and the snow underfoot will be silent. The Deer Tracker's Handbook
We used a carrot for the snowman's nose.
Snow was an accomplished author as well, having published a biography of Anthony Trollope as well as several novels, including a whodunit.
Yesterday once more,memory,raining,snowing smiling are touching my heart.
The snow had melted, but the lake was still frozen solid.
Emerald Valley Unified had constructed it right before the budget sublimed like the synthetic snow at Christmastime Disneyland. High School Confidential
The lane is streaked with curvilinear snow, in places trodden into blue ice.
Before the advent of the snowmobile, Ms. McLeod would run in front of the dog sled team in snowshoes to break the snow and clear a path.
It may prove difficult to change people's way of life by eliminating the use of high-emission off-road equipment like snowmobiles and four-wheelers, but Irving is optimistic.
Winter adds snowboarding, ice-skating, and cross-country and downhill skiing on the resort's groomed trails and ski slopes.
It's snowing again in the New England, and of course the plowman is on his own timetable. Archive 2008-01-01
Many, such as snowdrops, crocuses, and early rock garden narcissi are supposed to come up in very early spring, even peeking through the snow.
I couldn't have said whether it was the reflection of the snow or something else that gave his face a sickly, cadaverous tint.
O'Driscoll does a great job of sketching out the characters, their relationships and filling their miserable lives with the kind of dread and unease that you can almost taste at the back of your tongue but when it comes time to move this story out of 'grim social realism' and into 'Horror' it all rather falls apart amidst random snowmen, which is a real pity as up until that ending, the story was going great guns. REVIEW: Black Static #16
Snow sagged against the inward cliff and around the big blocks of broken stone.
Then, as the highway approaches Three Rivers, the view opens to encompass the snow-covered Sierra.
The peaks of Mount Kilimanajaro are now naked of snow for the first time in our own 10,000-year long geological period.
He chose Sazanka because, in Japan, the plant represents the ideal of “never giving up”—a designation earned by the way that the flower survives the cold, even after snowfalls. First Contact

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