How to Use snowbank in a Sentence

snowbank

noun
  • The car slid into a snowbank.
  • Not all of the jokes were about snowbanks and sore legs.
    — Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 27 Jan. 2026
  • The man drove the car across a parking lot and over a snowbank.
    — Kaylee Remington, cleveland, 5 Dec. 2020
  • The camera then shifts away for a moment to a snowbank.
    — Kif Leswing,terri Cullen, CNBC, 25 Jan. 2026
  • The city just put signs into the snowbanks to warn of snow pile removal.
    — Mike Sullivan, CBS News, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Strangers lend a hand and a little muscle to push cars out of snowbanks.
    — Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 24 Jan. 2026
  • One man, found dead in a snowbank, died on his 56th birthday.
    — Arkansas Online, 28 Dec. 2022
  • Finicum crashed into the side of a snowbank to avoid a police roadblock.
    — Maxine Bernstein, OregonLive.com, 26 Jan. 2018
  • People won’t want to climb a snowbank or take baby steps to avoid ice patches.
    — Lew Sichelman | Andrews McMeel Syndication, courant.com, 4 Oct. 2019
  • The minivan had stopped against a snowbank in the emergency lane.
    — Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 18 Dec. 2020
  • His car hit both highway walls then careened over a snowbank and fell 70 feet.
    — Sophie Carson, jsonline.com, 9 Dec. 2025
  • Police found the car a short time later crashed into a nearby snowbank.
    — Cathy Kozlowicz, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 18 Feb. 2021
  • Along one wall is white fabric inside a glass display case, looking like a snowbank.
    — Sarah Douglas, ARTnews.com, 4 July 2024
  • Demetrius Robinson was found in a snowbank a day before his birthday.
    — Faith Karimi, CNN, 30 Dec. 2022
  • Finicum then sped off, coming to a roadblock and plowing into a snowbank.
    — CBS News, 29 June 2017
  • Her body was later found between a large electrical box, a garbage bin of road salt and a snowbank.
    — Alison Dirr, Journal Sentinel, 1 Feb. 2024
  • But when his car got stuck in a snowbank, Diaz-Romero moved toward him.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 22 July 2022
  • The crowds, which a few minutes before lined the streets, melted as if a blast from a furnace had hit a snowbank.
    — Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2019
  • Pretti puts himself between the agent and the woman, who is on her back in a snowbank on the side of the road.
    — Kif Leswing,terri Cullen, CNBC, 25 Jan. 2026
  • One of the children noticed a large, shiny object resting in a snowbank and approached it.
    — oregonlive, 20 July 2021
  • One driver spun out into the snowbank lining the track's outer edge, and the race paused to reset.
    — Katie Galioto, Star Tribune, 27 Feb. 2021
  • With steep snowbanks still in some places, city crews and contractors are still working on removing them.
    — Chris Hoffman, CBS News, 2 Feb. 2026
  • Visitors should also stay away from all rivers and creeks, which are running high and with snowbanks that may collapse.
    — Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Trooper caught up with it on Tunxis Trail in Bolton, where the car hit a snowbank.
    — Christine Dempsey, courant.com, 14 Mar. 2018
  • Sheriff’s deputies arrived and one of their police dogs tracked to a vehicle about a block away that was stuck in a snowbank.
    — Clifford Ward, chicagotribune.com, 18 Jan. 2022
  • Unacquainted with the conditions of the roads, they got stuck in a snowbank with a broken tongue on the sleigh.
    — Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
  • The subjects reportedly rode tandem down the half pipe and launched off a large snowbank at the bottom of the half pipe.
    — Erich Murphy, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2023
  • Outside the museum, the sun was shining, and children used plastic trays to slide down a snowbank.
    — Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2022
  • Reviewers say the boots have a great grip, even on slick sidewalks, and love that the higher shaft helps block out splashes and snowbanks.
    — Toni Sutton, PEOPLE, 1 Feb. 2026
  • Galvan’s family and then officers called to the scene found him on the ground near a snowbank, gasping for breath.
    — Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 24 Feb. 2026

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