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The earliest recorded appearance of the word blizzard meaning “a severe snowstorm” was in the April 23, 1870 issue of a newspaper published in Estherville, Iowa. Blizzard shows up again during the following years in several newspapers in Iowa and neighboring states, and by 1888, when a snowstorm paralyzed the Eastern seaboard, the word was well-known nationally. However, in other senses, the word blizzard existed earlier. Davy Crockett, for instance, used it twice in the 1830s, once to mean a rifle blast and once to mean for a blast of words. All of these uses seem related, but the ultimate origin of the word is still unclear.
Examples of blizzard in a Sentence
Patrick Smith, NBC News, 13 Mar. 2025
Saturday: Severe thunderstorms, blizzard conditions hit the eastern US
The intense cross-country storm will expand into more of the eastern US with severe thunderstorms and blizzard conditions.
—Mary Gilbert, CNN, 12 Mar. 2025
The colossal storm will put over 100 million people at risk of severe weather, from blizzard conditions in the northern Plains to tornadoes and wildfires in the South.
—Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 12 Mar. 2025
By some miracle, Alice and Zane survive the blizzard only to learn that Zane’s going to die in some other terrible way.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 9 Mar. 2025
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“Blizzard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blizzard. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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