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

The important thing was that the drive was snowballing month by month, week by week, day by day.

From Time Magazine Archive

Others as quickly followed—it was not snowing, it was snowballing.

From Tales of Trail and Town by Harte, Bret