snow-clad
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of snow-clad
First recorded in 1800–10
Example Sentences
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Highway 395, which winds along the base of snow-clad Sierra peaks that reach up to 14,000 feet.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 11, 2023
There were "wild areas" in Orissa where investigators had to be accompanied by armed guards through forests; sometimes they had to cross snow-clad high Himalayan passes.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2022
Rising from its lowland valleys like a vision, 4,392-metre Mount Rainier is the highest of all the snow-clad volcanoes of the Cascade Range.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 2, 2018
RUNTUNA, Sweden — The cries of “hell!” “hell!” ringing out across a snow-clad landscape attracted a curious crowd of weekend tobogganers.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 30, 2018
Every day or two, in his distress, he would revisit the clearing and wander sorrowfully among the snow-clad ruins, hoping against hope that his vanished friends would presently return.
From Hoof and Claw by Roberts, Charles George Douglas, Sir
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