snowball
noun
was snowballing
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past progressiveof snowball.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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She felt as if her momentum was snowballing, and realized that with better time management, she could also take on a few more hours at work and make a bit more money.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 28, 2025
We lost two more,’ and it just kind of felt like it was snowballing on us,” Blackford says of the losses.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 29, 2023
It was snowballing inside the old basketball barn, a once-quiet arena rocking.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2022
There was no longer any doubt that General Ike's candidacy was snowballing.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was no longer snowing; it was "snowballing;" it was an avalanche out of the slopes of the sky.
From From Sand Hill to Pine by Bret Harte
