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Examples of snowbound in a Sentence
We were snowbound for a week.
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A couple of horror writers are snowbound in a cabin and their freaky tales begin to come alive.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 21 Dec. 2020
This piece has such an interesting take on race in America, both from afar — when the author spent time in Germany — and from deep within, at the snowbound confines of a university campus in the middle of Vermont.
—Longreads, 27 Dec. 2022
Will seven days in a snowbound winter wonderland rekindle his love for his former wife—and for Christmas?
—Bruce Handy, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2022
Poloncarz said there is no emergency service available in Buffalo and several populous communities surrounding it because so many emergency vehicles are snowbound.
—Jake Bleiberg, Fortune, 24 Dec. 2022
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Word History
First Known Use
1802, in the meaning defined above
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“Snowbound.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/snowbound. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
Kids Definition
snowbound
adjective
snow·bound
-ˈbau̇nd
: shut in or blockaded by snow
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