How to Use snowflake in a Sentence

snowflake

noun
Definition of snowflakenext
  • The goal showed Coyle to be a few snowflakes offside on a zone entry.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 6 Nov. 2019
  • The snowflake tuile rests over the top of the glass with marshmallows at the bottom.
    — Sarah Kuta, The Know, 18 Dec. 2019
  • The segment wasn’t all snowflakes and reindeer, though.
    — Kelsey Hurwitz, Woman's Day, 21 Nov. 2019
  • There’s a chance -- a very small chance -- that some could see a snowflake or two this weekend.
    — Leigh Morgan, al, 10 Feb. 2022
  • This is a snowflake in a storm compared to what has been spent to date in the response and the lives lost already.
    — Arkansas Online, 6 Dec. 2020
  • Some in north Alabama may catch a glimpse of a few snowflakes this week.
    — Leigh Morgan, al, 8 Dec. 2019
  • An ice sculpture, carved in the shape of a snowflake and lit up, served as a centerpiece.
    — Jennifer Gonnerman, The New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2021
  • This fall quite a few trees were still full of leaves when the first snowflakes starting flying.
    — Meg Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12 Nov. 2019
  • This @nickfuentes git is more pathetic than the most snowflakey (snowflake).
    — Fox News, 22 Dec. 2019
  • The walls are plastered in red plaid and snowflake wrapping paper.
    — Washington Post, 16 Dec. 2021
  • Then a flurry of waltzing snowflakes scatters across the stage.
    — Phillip Valys, sun-sentinel.com, 19 Nov. 2019
  • In the most recent ratings, 28 men’s boots and 17 women’s boots earned at least one out of three snowflakes.
    — Adrienne Donica, Popular Mechanics, 16 Oct. 2019
  • Stray hairs dotted his cheeks and his forehead like black snowflakes.
    — Rion Amilcar Scott, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2019
  • Think about how ice freezes—not just in your freezer, but even in snowflake form or over puddles.
    — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 6 Jan. 2021
  • The autism spectrum is so wide and broad that each case presents itself with snowflake-like uniqueness.
    — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 19 Jan. 2022
  • The waffles are usually 'stamped' from a mould shaped like a snowflake or a flower.
    — Julia Buckley, CNN, 27 May 2022
  • This time, the flame merely flickered inside what looked like a large snowflake, which rose into the air and twirled.
    — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 4 Feb. 2022
  • The snow turned to ice traps tiny particles of debris that fell with it, as well as the air that each snowflake contained.
    — David James, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Dec. 2020
  • There’s also a chance that some may see a snowflake or two later today.
    — Leigh Morgan, al, 30 Nov. 2020
  • The store will hand out free snowflake ornaments, while supplies last.
    — Evan Casey, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 4 Nov. 2021
  • Then stay true to the theme with snowflake, snowmen and mitten ornaments.
    — Alyssa Gautieri, Good Housekeeping, 8 Nov. 2022
  • There’s a white tree with white lights, and snowflake and ornament icicles hanging above the window that faces the street.
    — Cody Boteler, baltimoresun.com, 2 Dec. 2019
  • Plus has the three peak mountain snowflake rating and comes in heavier LT truck sizes and load ratings.
    — Ben Stewart, Popular Mechanics, 11 Nov. 2020
  • Pair a wall of cheery snowflake decals with a staircase covered in lush all-green garland, and you're all set.
    — Alyssa Gautieri, Good Housekeeping, 8 Nov. 2022
  • For the first, the Arcturus Quintet will evoke snowflakes and the northern reaches in a piece by Johan Kvandal.
    — oregonlive, 5 Jan. 2020
  • Every rebrand is like a snowflake, each with its own nuances.
    — Amit Daniel, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2021
  • Showers are expected to end between 6 p.m. and 7 p.m., with some snowflakes lingering for the rest of the evening.
    — Micah Walker, Detroit Free Press, 10 Nov. 2019
  • That is nothing compared with East Asia and Europe, where prices are about five times as high well before the first snowflake.
    — Jinjoo Lee, WSJ, 1 Oct. 2021
  • Lizzo's handling of offensive lyric a stark contrast to the 'Suck it up, snowflake' crowd.
    — Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY, 14 June 2022
  • In their place was a lightshow peppered by winsome children filled with song, and most of the pageantry that followed took on a snowflake theme.
    — Amy Bass, CNN, 4 Feb. 2022

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