snowball
noun
had snowballed
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past perfectof snowball.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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She said her work in music had "snowballed" since then and she has been working with Atlantic Records, most recently photographing Welsh rock musician and rising star Hannah Grae from Port Talbot.
From BBC ● Jan. 5, 2025
So he was stunned to get a call to say the small early turnout had snowballed.
From Reuters ● Aug. 9, 2021
By July 2014, the small debt had snowballed into a judgment of almost $8,000 because Mr. Chauvin never came to court.
From New York Times ● Jul. 18, 2020
But by then, the movement had snowballed to include demands for full democracy in the form of direct elections for the city’s top leader.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 26, 2019
The boys of Benton Village had snowballed a great deal that winter.
From Winter Fun by William O. Stoddard
