How to Use blizzard in a Sentence

blizzard

noun
  • We were snowed in by a raging blizzard.
  • In the winter episode, all of the blizzard looks were iconic.
    Jaden Thompson, Variety, 21 Aug. 2023
  • The two teams slogged through fresh snow and a minor blizzard.
    Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Jan. 2023
  • Will he be blown off the stage by a blizzard of angry boos?
    Nate Anderson, Ars Technica, 6 Feb. 2024
  • The first open house happened to be on January 29, the day of the blizzard.
    Jenny Xie, Curbed, 18 Feb. 2022
  • Like so many tragedies, the massacre led to a blizzard of lawsuits.
    Brittany Wallman, sun-sentinel.com, 3 Apr. 2022
  • The storm came on the heels of a nor'easter last weekend that brought blizzard conditions to many parts of the East Coast.
    CBS News, 4 Feb. 2022
  • The team rushed to land all the cargo on the ice and make camp before the forecasted blizzard.
    Bychristian Elliott, science.org, 18 Apr. 2024
  • After the blizzard, the group dug out from the snow and moved to their next stop: Serpentine Hot Springs.
    Alena Naiden, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Apr. 2023
  • That a fun blizzard would mean that school was cancelled!
    Claire Friedman, The New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2022
  • To be on the beach in a blizzard, with the raging seas and the beach covered in sand and the whipping snowflakes in my face, was paradise.
    Sarah Bahr, New York Times, 18 May 2024
  • The strange allure of watching someone else stand in the blizzard.
    New York Times, 2 Mar. 2022
  • It wouldn’t be fall at Dairy Queen without the return of the pumpkin pie blizzard.
    Antonia Debianchi, Peoplemag, 9 Aug. 2024
  • Many other resorts closed over the weekend due to the blizzard.
    Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 2 Mar. 2024
  • As the resort closes and a blizzard moves in, the three are stuck on the lift, completely abandoned.
    Keith Langston, Peoplemag, 24 Nov. 2023
  • The blizzard of 1978 had started, but birders stood their ground.
    oregonlive, 19 Mar. 2023
  • But this is unlikely The last time the airport closed, Berlen said, was during the blizzard of 1978.
    Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star, 2 Feb. 2022
  • The heavy snowfall and wind gusts of upwards of 55 mph will lead to blizzard conditions.
    Gina Martinez, CBS News, 26 Dec. 2023
  • The city is walloped by a massive blizzard that dumps 20.3 inches of snow.
    Chicago Tribune, 26 June 2022
  • It’s about a college student who gets stranded at a rest stop with a group of strangers due to a blizzard.
    Jacob Siegal, BGR, 25 Feb. 2022
  • Undeterred, Morris covered the game in a blizzard from a seat above the box.
    Amanda Kaschube, Chicago Tribune, 23 June 2022
  • In the days leading up to the Houston rodeo, Spenser and Tanner were dealing with a blizzard in Iowa—a fresh foot of snow and high winds.
    Elisabeth Carroll Parks, Chron, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Question: That was a real nightmare of a blizzard, wasn't it?
    Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 23 Aug. 2023
  • Of the five people from his team who summited that day, four died on their way down, caught in the blizzard high on the mountain.
    Anna Callaghan, Outside Online, 8 June 2022
  • The blizzard of 1873 left snowdrifts a dozen feet high on some Indiana farms.
    Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Just a few days before Christmas in 2022, she was found in her front yard in the middle of a blizzard with a gunshot wound to her head.
    The Enquirer, 31 Jan. 2024
  • But that role came to an abrupt end, amid a blizzard of controversy.
    Matthew Korfhage, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2023
  • Inside these blizzards, dust particles whip along at speeds of up to 60 miles per hour.
    Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Oct. 2023
  • Jappe compared driving conditions to a blizzard but with ash, smoke and dust.
    Jack Dura, Twin Cities, 7 Oct. 2024
  • Frosts began in August, warning me that months of blizzards would be starting soon.
    Anton Money, Outdoor Life, 15 Aug. 2024

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