was snowing
- past progressive of snow.
Example Sentences
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"At 10 to five in the morning, when it was snowing and my Christmas tree was up, the police came to my door," she says.
From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2025
When I returned in February, it was snowing, the park was nearly empty and the bridge was still open.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 16, 2024
Grace, 20, from Amsterdam said it was snowing when she woke up to use the toilet at 02:00.
From BBC ● Feb. 7, 2024
In the winter, sometimes while it was snowing, “he would be driving beside me in the car, and, like, usually playing some economics tape, trying to get me to learn while I was running.”
From New York Times ● Feb. 23, 2023
He looked toward the corral for the mare and the cattle, but it was snowing too hard to see anything.
From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko
