How do you use Snowing in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Snowing meaning
present participle and gerund of snow
Using Snowing
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of snow
- In the example corpus, snowing often appears in combinations such as: snowing and, was snowing, it snowing.
Context around Snowing
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 8 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 16 statements, 2 questions, 2 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Snowing
- In this selection, "snowing" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 20.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, started, saturday, heavily and outside stand out and add context to how "snowing" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include it is snowing in nebraska and had been snowing. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "snowing" sits close to words such as acolytes, acv and afolabi, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with snowing
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
It was snowing 🌨 pic. (5 words)
Tokyo's snowing pretty hard today huh? (7 words)
As I prepare this column, it is snowing out! (9 words)
That November, it was snowing and the kids called from here, saying they were outside fishing, and they asked ‘what are you doing in Kentucky,’ and my wife and I said ‘let’s go’ and the rest is history! (39 words)
And when it’s snowing and you’re stuck in Iowa City, you’ll really want it—and you will wait, and eventually, you’ll be reunited with its perfect earthy warmth, and it will sustain you once again. (39 words)
However, after another week-long dry and warm period in late-January the snowpack leveled off, however, it is snowing Saturday and snowing some more too, with that number surely to rising significantly by weekend's end. (37 words)
Why isn’t it snowing in New York City? (9 words)
Tokyo's snowing pretty hard today huh? (7 words)
As I prepare this column, it is snowing out! (9 words)
That November, it was snowing and the kids called from here, saying they were outside fishing, and they asked ‘what are you doing in Kentucky,’ and my wife and I said ‘let’s go’ and the rest is history! (39 words)
Example sentences (20)
However, after another week-long dry and warm period in late-January the snowpack leveled off, however, it is snowing Saturday and snowing some more too, with that number surely to rising significantly by weekend's end.
For example, "It is snowing in Nebraska" is true precisely when it is snowing in Nebraska.
As I prepare this column, it is snowing out!
He then came up to me and I pushed him back - but our pathway is on a slope and it had been snowing.
I remember years when it would be snowing but it didn’t matter, you played through it.
The disputed tender however meant work got delayed until August, it started in earnest, while asphalting work did not start until November, by which time it had started snowing.
Was snowing and couldn't get car out so had to walk approx 40 mins there.
Why isn’t it snowing in New York City?
It has been snowing, and I had to act quickly.
It is snowing heavily there and the remnants are scattered over a wide area.
It was snowing, and they talked as the cold seeped in and the hours ticked by.
Wife Linda found him shivering in an armchair wearing only underpants and a t-shirt in a room with all the windows open while it was snowing outside.
It started snowing at the Mt. Meron preserve, Jan.
It was snowing at Colac at 7am, while 3AW radio caller Scott reported it was “absolutely hammering down” with snow between Lake Bolac and Streatham, west of Ballarat, just before 7.30am.
It was snowing 🌨 pic.
New Delhi, India had their coldest day on record recently and it’s been snowing in Saudi Arabia.
That November, it was snowing and the kids called from here, saying they were outside fishing, and they asked ‘what are you doing in Kentucky,’ and my wife and I said ‘let’s go’ and the rest is history!
Tokyo's snowing pretty hard today huh?
We didn’t even expect it to be snowing and we were driving up and saw the snow falling on the car and we just pulled over and enjoyed the moment.
And when it’s snowing and you’re stuck in Iowa City, you’ll really want it—and you will wait, and eventually, you’ll be reunited with its perfect earthy warmth, and it will sustain you once again.
Common combinations with snowing
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- snowing and 10×
- was snowing 9×
- it snowing 6×
- is snowing 5×
- snowing in 5×
- been snowing 3×
- be snowing 3×
- and snowing 2×
- snowing but 2×
- started snowing 2×