snow globe
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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The Paris he gives us might as well be cradled in a snow globe, it’s so schematically perfect; similarly, Ms. Kelly’s smile, which outshines the City of Light.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 19, 2025
Sixty of us in the rising tram were in our own personal snow globe.
From New York Times • Feb. 28, 2024
Martini Town, however, might as well have been a snow globe celebrating Picturesque Christmasville, U.S.A.
From Salon • Dec. 23, 2023
The falling snow seen through window panes lends to the effect that this pair have found themselves isolated in a surreal but beautiful snow globe.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 3, 2023
It was a snow globe, with two little people in it.
From "Coraline" by Neil Gaiman
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