Example Sentences

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Ash and embers fell from the sky as if it were snowing.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 16, 2020

On the other hand, Ivy was positive she’d be pouring sweat even if it were snowing.

From "Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World" by Ashley Herring Blake

The only way it could have been better was if it were snowing.

From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini

The last thing after she came upstairs last night she had opened the inside blinds to look out to see if it were snowing.

From Miss Prudence A Story of Two Girls' Lives. by Maria, Jennie (Drinkwater) Conklin

"Ah!—or the hinfant, if you like it better—one as I found in a shawl, a-laying on the steps o' my van one night, sleeping like a alderman—and it were snowing too."

From The Broad Highway by Farnol, Jeffery