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Meanings of snowdrift in inglês

A mound of snow accumulated by the wind.

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Examples for "snowbank"
Examples for "snowbank"
1
Lumley had grabbed him and shoved him right back into the snowbank.
Night Shift
2
Hodges steps down gently on the gas and rolls at the snowbank.
End of Watch
3
Close by-behindher- arumblinggrowl reverberated over the edge of the snowbank.
Genellan: planetfall
4
The latter dodged, and the swirling steel buried itself in the snowbank beyond.
The Blazed Trail
5
You'll have to bull your way through the snowbank, you know.
End of Watch
1
Another dives into a snow bank; it affords him no protection.
The Transgressors / Story of a Great Sin / A Political Novel of ...
2
All were hidden in a snow bank-directlyunder the dormitory window.
The Rover Boys at School; Or, The Cadets of Putnam Hall
3
The roads between here and Honedale are one unbroken snow bank.
Aikenside
4
They had Holland crowded back with a snow bank behind him.
61 hours
5
Now procure a stick with which to steer and hunt a snow bank.
The Boy Mechanic, Volume 1: 700 Things for Boys to Do
1
He gazed around, to find Whopper head first in a snow drift.
Guns and Snowshoes; Or, the Winter Outing of the Young Hunters
2
Here a great crushing in a snow drift showed where she had fallen.
The Day of the Beast
3
The door opened and Canute stood before her, white as a snow drift.
The Troll Garden, and Selected Stories
4
Others, with snowshoes as shovels, soon cleared away the snow drift from the fireplace.
Winter Adventures of Three Boys in the Great Lone Land
5
He weaved through the gap in the snow drift and headed for the shore.
King rolen's kin: the uncrowned king
Usage of snowdrift in inglês
1
The snowdrift was very thick and the temperature fell to -20 °Fahr
South: The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition, 1914-1917
2
The only woman in history who had a brow like a snowdrift.
Who Was Who: 5000 B. C. to Date / Biographical Dictionary of the...
3
You can't escape a snowdrift just by racing the engine, says Ucer.
The Guardian
4
The sphere lay behind us on its dwindling snowdrift thirty feet away.
The First Men in the Moon
5
Joel feels a strong arm pulling him up out of the snowdrift.
A bridge to the stars
6
I could drop in a snowdrift an' let you go on-todie.
Back to God's Country and Other Stories
7
She didn't have much cover here- afewtufts of scrub, a snowdrift.
Discord's apple
8
I hauled by the heels from a snowdrift at maybe thirty 'below.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, October 17, 1917
9
I had a dream about the girl in the snowdrift that night.
Tell me, pretty maiden
10
The entire vehicle made a slow spin and crunched into a snowdrift.
Mine
11
The dampness from the snowdrift has begun to soak through my clothing.
The kommandant's girl
12
He and Brady at a branding, in a snowdrift with their schoolbooks.
Bone fire
13
He found himself upon his knees, his hands buried in a snowdrift.
A Dance with Dragons
14
It was caught in a snowdrift, thrashing about and keeling over sideways.
The death of ivan ilyich: and, master and man
15
When you hauled him out of a snowdrift at maybe thirty 'below.'
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, October 17, 1917
16
That's why I dig myself down over and again into the snowdrift.'
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