How to Use snowball in a Sentence

snowball

1 of 2 noun
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  • This snow is perfect for making snowballs.
  • Because of this, the snowball of a pup would do best in the home as the only pup.
    — The Republic, The Arizona Republic, 18 Mar. 2022
  • Imagine all the sledding races, the snowball fights, the hot chocolate, the hygge.
    — Elizabeth G. Dunn, The Atlantic, 8 Mar. 2022
  • If the snowball method will work better for you, that’s fine.
    — Amy Wagner and Steve Sprovach, The Enquirer, 14 July 2022
  • The mistake gave Detroit a first-and-goal and was the start of an ugly snowball.
    — Derrik Klassen, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2023
  • The more the plot snowballs, the creakier Goosebumps becomes.
    — Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Oct. 2023
  • There are two common approaches: the snowball method and the avalanche method.
    — Kerri Anne Renzulli, wsj.com, 31 Oct. 2023
  • That proved to be just the start of a rolling snowball of regulation.
    — Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 15 Nov. 2021
  • Two common debt payoff methods are the snowball method and the avalanche method.
    — Becca Stanek, The Week, 26 July 2023
  • The two most popular approaches are the debt avalanche and the debt snowball.
    — Juan Carlos Medina, Forbes, 14 June 2021
  • This nucleus is made of ice and dust, which forms a dirty snowball.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 12 Apr. 2022
  • Two common methods for paying off debt are the debt avalanche method and the debt snowball method.
    — Becca Stanek, theweek, 5 Jan. 2024
  • The first was the Sturtian snowball Earth, which began about 720 million years ago.
    — Chris Baraniuk, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Dec. 2022
  • In 2017, images from the Hubble Space Telescope showed off the features of this fuzzy snowball of a comet.
    — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 30 June 2022
  • Blizzard approach: The blizzard approach is a cross between the avalanche and the snowball.
    — Becca Stanek, The Week, 10 Feb. 2023
  • Pull it out for an impromptu snowball fight one day when the weather is warmer and the snow has melted.
    — Amy Schwabe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2021
  • From snowball cookies to whoopie pies the sweets are endless.
    — Raena Loper, Good Housekeeping, 10 Aug. 2022
  • There’s even a caramel apple that looks like a snowball, topped with white chocolate and coconut.
    — From Contributors and Staff, Journal Sentinel, 1 Dec. 2022
  • If the figure crosses one, there’s a chance the infection may snowball.
    — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 1 July 2021
  • Truth is, my four year old throws a meaner snowball than #BillsMafia.
    — Natasha Dye, Peoplemag, 22 Jan. 2024
  • There are plenty of reasons to think a deal to acquire Durant doesn’t stand a snowball’s chance in the desert of working.
    — Greg Moore, The Arizona Republic, 1 July 2022
  • Some people suggest the debt snowball plan, which is paying off the smallest debts first.
    — Sean McDonnell, cleveland, 4 Jan. 2023
  • However, some took it too far by throwing snowballs at the Air Force bench.
    — Ryan Morik, Fox News, 29 Oct. 2023
  • From there, things started to fall into place for the Avon offense and snowball for the Elyria defense.
    — Matt Lofgren, cleveland, 16 Sep. 2022
  • Perhaps a game that gets really big and is built on blockchain may have a snowball impact.
    — Ellen M. Zavian, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2021
  • Let the snow consolidate for an hour or more, until it is set up hard enough to form snowballs.
    — Keith McCafferty, Field & Stream, 29 June 2023
  • Bring your ice cream scoop outside and make a bunch of high-quality snowballs and have a snowball fight.
    — oregonlive, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Think of it as a snowball effect whereby the wisdom of the crowd will naturally help your idea bloom.
    — Ludwig Melik, Forbes, 25 Apr. 2022
  • Call the smiley-face mission a tumbleweed; call it a snowball.
    — Leslie Barker, Dallas News, 1 Sep. 2021
  • An elasticized waist gives tummies plenty of breathing room to bend down and make snowballs or snow angels.
    — Katrina Cossey, Parents, 12 Feb. 2024
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snowball

2 of 2 verb
  • Problems snowball when early trouble signs are ignored.
  • What started as a small annual concert has snowballed into a full-fledged music festival.
  • That’s when matters may snowball even more — or the whole thing falls apart.
    — Samantha Hissong, Rolling Stone, 4 Jan. 2022
  • But then things snowballed and the stories began to sound like a James Bond movie.
    — USA TODAY, 13 Feb. 2024
  • Evictions in the state can snowball from charges to warrants to arrests to jail time.
    — Maya Miller, ProPublica, 26 Oct. 2020
  • But that can quickly snowball and end up landing you with a ton of lights and a ton of trucks and a ton of crew to support it.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 6 Oct. 2023
  • With a lot of young pitchers, those moments can snowball into having to be pulled out of the game.
    — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 4 Sep. 2020
  • The mishaps started to snowball, compounding and rolling and coming in waves.
    — Joel A. Erickson, Indianapolis Star, 3 Nov. 2019
  • The result was a U.S. stimulus plan that yesterday seemed to snowball by the hour.
    — Ben Holland, Bloomberg.com, 12 May 2020
  • Just as years of poverty can snowball into higher rates of crime.
    — Andre Toran, The Courier-Journal, 24 Nov. 2020
  • Then, Stoudt allowed two doubles, four singles and a walk as the inning snowballed.
    — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 19 Apr. 2023
  • This test and others will try to change the orbit path of asteroids just a little to see how those changes snowball over time.
    — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 14 Sep. 2022
  • The project snowballed when Knego, the Oceanside collector, got involved.
    — John Wilkens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 May 2023
  • Missed payments and court fees can snowball into tens of thousands of dollars by the time an inmate walks free.
    — Angie Jackson, Detroit Free Press, 5 Sep. 2019
  • Innings snowballed on Lodolo after the Reds’ infield failed to turn ground balls into outs.
    — Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 19 Apr. 2023
  • The fever pitch of feeling fed up or worn out, often with no end in sight, creates a negative loop that snowballs.
    — Alli Harvey, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Mar. 2020
  • Because the cloud is scalable, a small win can easily snowball into a bigger one down the road.
    — Trisha Price, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2021
  • The twist on tradition caught the attention of the fashion world and orders from overseas snowballed.
    — Iliana Mier, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2019
  • The catch was that White had seen up close how money problems could snowball into homelessness and worse.
    — Washington Post, 25 Dec. 2020
  • Gurney’s may have had a head start, but most resort fees began to appear in the late 1990s and have been snowballing ever since, surging over the last decade.
    — Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 24 Aug. 2023
  • It’s been that kind of don’t-miss-a-moment stretch for Baltimore’s pro sports teams as the Orioles and Ravens’ success has snowballed over the past 12 months to reach a rare level.
    — Hayes Gardner, Baltimore Sun, 18 Jan. 2024
  • What started as one venue snowballed into 26 clubs in 20 cities, and the name became a staple of stand-up comedy.
    — Ali Lerman, Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2023
  • Dana Taylor: So why does graduate school debt tend to snowball?
    — Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Uncover every corner of your craft and your skills will snowball over time.
    — Chris Schembra, Rolling Stone, 23 June 2021
  • By the third act, what began as a teenage crush has snowballed into an alarming flirtation with the black bloc protest movement.
    — Peter Debruge, Variety, 19 Feb. 2024
  • That email, the Krauths said, caused the situation to snowball that weekend and tossed the family into a maelstrom.
    — Alexandria Burris, Indianapolis Star, 22 Dec. 2019
  • Then, early this year, protests over that new law snowballed into a pogrom in which dozens of people—mostly Muslims—have been killed.
    — Vidya Krishnan, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2020
  • Guerra was greeted by a two-run single off the bat of Connor Wong, then things continued to snowball from there.
    — Todd Rosiak, Journal Sentinel, 23 Apr. 2023
  • The economic costs of shutting schools can snowball quickly.
    — Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 7 Apr. 2020
  • If Washington had left the issue alone or confined its threats to private channels, China and Russia’s disagreement might have snowballed into an even larger rift.
    — Oriana Skylar Mastro, Foreign Affairs, 19 Feb. 2024

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