Example Sentences

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His glossy red-brown coat breaks off at the neck in a white curling ruff which continues down his broad chest, whose normal snowiness is now grimy with railway travel.

From Dorrien of Cranston by Mitford, Bertram

She made discreet pilgrimages to look at those dainty things so dear to her, lingerie white and soft and fine, satin slippers, fans, gloves and a wedding gown of dazzling snowiness.

From The Way of the Wind by Norris, Zoe Anderson

He was in full evening dress, and Kedzie had always marveled at the snowiness of his linen.

From We Can't Have Everything by Hughes, Rupert

In the spring, he was bluish, though underneath he still retained his arctic snowiness.

From A Mountain Boyhood by Comstock, Enos B. (Enos Benjamin)

Her hair was quite gray: it would have looked white but for the snowiness of her cap, and satin ribbon.

From Round the Sofa by Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn