How to Use snowball fight in a Sentence

snowball fight

noun
  • In the latest instance, the snowball fight could have been handled better on both sides.
    — Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 28 Feb. 2026
  • Meanwhile, Jim regrets agreeing to a snowball fight with Dwight.
    — Aurelie Corinthios, PEOPLE, 19 Dec. 2025
  • Which brings me to the question of why this all progressed from a snowball fight to an authoritarian avalanche at such lightning speed?
    — Merrill Markoe, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2025
  • There are reports that an on-stage snowball fight has been known to take place in this version, which features an original musical score and some striking design touches.
    — Christopher Smith, Oc Register, 26 Nov. 2025
  • The snowball fight was organized on social media in the aftermath of the historic blizzard that blew into town Sunday.
    — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 26 Feb. 2026
  • The snowball fight was organized on social media in the aftermath of the historic blizzard that blew into town Sunday.
    — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 25 Feb. 2026
  • The police later arrested a man in connection with the snowball fight; prosecutors declined to bring assault charges.
    — New York Times, 10 Apr. 2026
  • The snowball fight drew many New York University students, police believe.
    — Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Two officers responded and found about 50 people, mostly teenagers and college-age men, engaged in the heated snowball fight and called for backup.
    — Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Though two officers were injured and several people were charged, Mamdani dismissed the snowball fight as merely a fun way to celebrate a snow cyclone.
    — Marcia Kramer, CBS News, 17 Mar. 2026
  • Cops on Tuesday released images of Coulibaly holding a small boulder of snow with two hands during the snowball fight and asked the public for help identifying him.
    — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Several hours before the incident, organizers on social media touted a midafternoon mass snowball fight.
    — Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 4 Mar. 2026
  • The snowball fight brought levity to the community, as people on either side of the park dug out their cars, one of the few places cars were allowed to park during the ongoing parking ban, and neighbors used snowblowers to clear sidewalks.
    — Wheeler Cowperthwaite, The Providence Journal, 25 Feb. 2026
  • At least two cops were sent to the hospital with bruises, cuts and complaints of head pain after they were caught in the middle of the snowball fight organized on social media after the historic blizzard dumped 20 inches of snow on the city.
    — Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 24 Feb. 2026
  • People gathered at McCarren Park in the New York City borough of Brooklyn for a massive snowball fight— and a bit of cold weather dancing.
    — Helen Graham, NBC news, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Monday’s snowball fight drew a big crowd to Washington Square Park as a massive storm blanketed the Northeast, causing a chaotic scene as young people chucked snowballs around one of the city’s landmark parks.
    — Anthony Izaguirre, Fortune, 26 Feb. 2026
  • The reactions over this week’s snowball fight were similar to those that followed a 2019 episode during a heat wave, when boisterous young people engaged in water fights were recorded on video tossing water at police officers.
    — Anthony Izaguirre, Fortune, 26 Feb. 2026
  • What started as a joyous snowball fight Monday in New York City morphed into a political tempest after residents began pelting police officers with snow and ice.
    — Tim Craig, Washington Post, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Gusmane Coulibaly, 27, of New York, was arrested on suspicion of pelting two police officers during a snowball fight in Washington Square Park.
    — Arkansas Online, 27 Feb. 2026
  • The video circulating on social media shows a group of people in Washington Square Park engaging in what began as a spontaneous snowball fight after heavy snowfall hit the city, and then turning their attention toward uniformed officers who had arrived at the scene.
    — Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Shaun Ellis New York Jets defensive end Shaun Ellis got into a snowball fight with Seattle Seahawks fans in December 2008.
    — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 22 Dec. 2025
  • New York City police are investigating after officers were pelted with snowballs while responding to a massive snowball fight at Washington Square Park in Manhattan, as a winter storm blanketed the Northeast in snow.
    — ABC News, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Mayor Mamdani doubled down Wednesday on his belief that the mass snowball fight in Washington Square Park that left two cops hospitalized should not result in criminal charges — drawing a deeper line in the snow between himself and NYPD officials looking to make arrests.
    — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 25 Feb. 2026
  • The New York City Police Department (NYPD) arrested a 27-year-old man for allegedly assaulting officers with snow and ice during a massive snowball fight in Washington Square Park on Monday.
    — Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Continue reading … SNOW DAY SPIRAL — Second suspect arrested after NYC snowball fight sends officers to hospital.
    — FOXNews.com, 5 Mar. 2026

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