snow
noun
precipitation in the form of ice crystals, mainly of intricately branched, hexagonal form and often agglomerated into snowflakes, formed directly from the freezing of the water vapor in the air.
had snowed
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past perfectof snow.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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It had snowed seven inches the night before I decided to get gravy bread again — the most snow O’Hare had seen in a single day in decades.
From Salon ● Dec. 7, 2025
They made it all the way to Denver but had to turn back — it had snowed too hard, and their connecting flight was canceled.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2023
"It had snowed unceasingly for 15 days," Yukta Gurung, who helps maintain the ropes to the summit, told the Kathmandu Post from the mountain's base camp.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2022
Everything was blanketed in ash, so the charred black landscape she had expected looked as if it had snowed instead.
From Slate ● Jul. 30, 2022
It had snowed during the service and was snowing still—a crisp and cold snow that didn’t melt as soon as it struck.
From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt
