Snowball is an English word with synonyms like ball or increase. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Snowball in a sentence
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Snowball meaning
- A ball of snow, usually one made in the hand and thrown for amusement in a snowball fight; also a larger ball of snow made by rolling a snowball around in snow that sticks to it and increases its diameter.
- A cocktail made from lemonade and advocaat.
- Something that snowballs (grows rapidly out of control).
Synonyms of Snowball
Using Snowball
- The main meaning on this page is: A ball of snow, usually one made in the hand and thrown for amusement in a snowball fight; also a larger ball of snow made by rolling a snowball around in snow that sticks to it and increases its diameter. | A cocktail made from lemonade and advocaat. | Something that snowballs (grows rapidly out of control).
- Useful related words include: sweet sand verbena, abronia elliptica, sand verbena, frozen dessert.
- In the example corpus, snowball often appears in combinations such as: the snowball, snowball earth, snowball fight.
Context around Snowball
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 7 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Snowball
- In this selection, "snowball" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, largest, forts, cathartic, fight, gun and offensive stand out and add context to how "snowball" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a cathartic snowball fight and a snowball is slowly. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "snowball" sits close to words such as bawumia, briefs and brigham, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with snowball
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A snowball is slowly gathering momentum there," Lepp offered. (9 words)
Also surviving are his two cats, Mama Kitty and Snowball. (10 words)
This could snowball into a great season for the Saints. (10 words)
O’Stayformore also read “The Snowy Day,” a classic 1962 book byEzra Jack Keats, about the adventures of a boy named Peter as he builds a snowman, makes a snow angel and brings home a snowball that promptly melts in his coat pocket. (43 words)
The third child, Ralf, concocted a tale in which a snowball yearned to be indoors sitting in a warm armchair and sipping a pina colada no less, but instead is destined to remain outside in the cold. (37 words)
The snowball gun is similar to the one used in Mei's Snowball Offensive, but this time around, Mei will have a new ability, where she can catch the snowballs, adding them to her own inventory. (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
The snowball gun is similar to the one used in Mei's Snowball Offensive, but this time around, Mei will have a new ability, where she can catch the snowballs, adding them to her own inventory.
They currently still hold two of these records: largest snowball and largest snowball fight. citation The Daily Mining Gazette (formerly The Mining Gazette) citation is a daily newspaper published in Houghton.
Variations The Snowball The snowball is a variation on the points race where every sprint, only the first-place finisher is awarded any points.
Also surviving are his two cats, Mama Kitty and Snowball.
A snowball is slowly gathering momentum there," Lepp offered.
China's securities watchdog had in the past tightened scrutiny on Snowball and other derivative products, to maintain stock market stability.
Disastrous bank runs can snowball ‘much more quickly’ than before as customers swap messages and withdraw funds instantly, Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey has warned.
He is dreaming of hot cocoa, pancakes, snow forts, snowball fights and all the fun that accompanies a snow day.
It just feels like little things are starting to add up to issues that could snowball into bigger drama on Y&R.
It was fun to catch a brother or sister off guard and throw a snowball his/her way.
I would be remiss if I did not invite you to experience the Snowball for yourself.
Life somehow managed to survive during this time called “Snowball Earth,” and a new study offers a deeper understanding as to why.
Looking for this distribution to snowball for the next 15 years and help fund my retirement income.
Meanwhile, the final episode of the spin-off 'Joey' ends with a cathartic snowball fight.
O’Stayformore also read “The Snowy Day,” a classic 1962 book byEzra Jack Keats, about the adventures of a boy named Peter as he builds a snowman, makes a snow angel and brings home a snowball that promptly melts in his coat pocket.
Rodriguez infused the memory with real mirth, his laughter growing louder as Gary recounted a snowball fight from his childhood.
The snowball gets bigger as every credit card is paid off; the avalanche increases in strength as you eliminate your high-interest balances.
The third child, Ralf, concocted a tale in which a snowball yearned to be indoors sitting in a warm armchair and sipping a pina colada no less, but instead is destined to remain outside in the cold.
This could snowball into a great season for the Saints.
This enables adjustments to budgets and bidding and helps you catch issues before they can snowball.
Common combinations with snowball
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the snowball 26×
- snowball earth 23×
- snowball fight 11×
- snowball into 11×
- to snowball 11×
- snowball effect 10×
- of snowball 10×
- snowball and 8×
- and snowball 7×
- snowball fights 6×