snowbound
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of snowbound
Example Sentences
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The House is due to begin acting on the emergency Monday as it returns from recess to a snowbound Washington, addressing a Senate-backed deal to reopen the government.
From Barron's ● Feb. 1, 2026
It’s been years of cozy snowbound screenings, infuriating shuttle-bus delays and, more often than you’d expect, cinematic discoveries.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 31, 2026
Maybe this is why the village, mountain and environs so often feel like a snowbound secret.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 29, 2026
“Auntie Dosie had to have three aspirins, but Auntie Hannah, who liked port, stood in the middle of the snowbound back yard, singing like a big-bosomed thrush.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 19, 2025
Hazel could recall Hawkbit—a rather slow, stupid rabbit whose company for five snowbound days underground had been distinctly tedious.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
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