Explore Snowballed through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Snowballed meaning
simple past and past participle of snowball
Using Snowballed
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of snowball
- In the example corpus, snowballed often appears in combinations such as: snowballed into, have snowballed, has snowballed.
Context around Snowballed
- Average sentence length in these examples: 18.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 10 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Snowballed
- In this selection, "snowballed" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 18.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, craft, soon and mission stand out and add context to how "snowballed" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include added it snowballed like nothing and and it snowballed after that. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "snowballed" sits close to words such as aarhus, abdu and abetted, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with snowballed
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
So, she did — and it snowballed after that. (8 words)
Within days, interest in the informal meetup snowballed. (8 words)
From there, Hewitt's obsession with the craft snowballed. (9 words)
Muncy’s 4-for-33 start with four times as many strikeouts (16) as hits started with a five-strikeout game in the season opener and snowballed from there, conjuring painful memories of last season’s struggles. (37 words)
And the fact of the matter is consumer fraud has snowballed out of control – it now makes up two in five crimes in England and Wales and is said to be a £7billion a year problem. (36 words)
Additionally, this has snowballed into a slowing earnings per share outlook, making it unattractive, especially considering today's macro uncertainties which may negatively impact sales volume further. (27 words)
Example sentences (20)
Additionally, this has snowballed into a slowing earnings per share outlook, making it unattractive, especially considering today's macro uncertainties which may negatively impact sales volume further.
And the fact of the matter is consumer fraud has snowballed out of control – it now makes up two in five crimes in England and Wales and is said to be a £7billion a year problem.
From there, Hewitt's obsession with the craft snowballed.
He added, "It snowballed like nothing I've ever seen.
Lynam's idea soon snowballed and he has since written enough for four books, including farmyard and baby animal versions.
Muncy’s 4-for-33 start with four times as many strikeouts (16) as hits started with a five-strikeout game in the season opener and snowballed from there, conjuring painful memories of last season’s struggles.
Somehow, however, over the years, it snowballed into an all-singing, all-dancing, costumed event.
Soon, it snowballed into a clash between the two communities.
So, she did — and it snowballed after that.
That ruling was the initial spark for the street protests, which then snowballed into a broader airing of grievances.
The degree to which those powers have snowballed should be obvious to all.
The mission snowballed from bringing officers to recess to setting up pick-up sports games to handing out popsicles and lunches.
They snowballed when Southwest’s outdated crew-scheduling technology was overwhelmed, leaving crews and planes out of position to operate flights.
What started as a curiosity into the category snowballed into a full-on exploration of agave.
Within days, interest in the informal meetup snowballed.
Nieto said Choung’s involvement with the council “snowballed” from this volunteer event.
One mum-of-two, who did not want to be named, said: "I first complained to the council last August and it has just snowballed from there.
The fight snowballed until Gaetz threatened to have his father, who was on the school board, call Dartmouth and rescind the student’s application.
The issue snowballed into a controversy as many organisations raised concern over what they called “misuse of laws” related to dowry harassment and domestic violence.
According to Politico, her allegations have now snowballed into a major headache for the Democratic party.
Common combinations with snowballed
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: