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The earliest recorded appearance of the word blizzard meaning “a severe snowstorm” was in the April 23, 1870 issue of a newspaper published in Estherville, Iowa. Blizzard shows up again during the following years in several newspapers in Iowa and neighboring states, and by 1888, when a snowstorm paralyzed the Eastern seaboard, the word was well-known nationally. However, in other senses, the word blizzard existed earlier. Davy Crockett, for instance, used it twice in the 1830s, once to mean a rifle blast and once to mean for a blast of words. All of these uses seem related, but the ultimate origin of the word is still unclear.
Examples of blizzard in a Sentence
Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 6 Apr. 2025
The region had seen a blizzard overnight and an autopsy found head trauma as well as evidence of hypothermia.
—Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 5 Apr. 2025
Fells was found dead outside the hospital the next morning, after a blizzard brought strong winds, ice and several inches of snow to the region.
—Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 3 Apr. 2025
Prosecutors alleged Read hit O'Keefe with her vehicle and left him to die as Boston was hit with a major blizzard.
—Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 1 Apr. 2025
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“Blizzard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blizzard. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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