| 单词 | snowdrift |
| 例句 | A nor'easter howled in from the Atlantic and smothered Salem in snowdrifts. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z This is not such an easy task when the snowdrifts are piled high as a Chicago skyscraper! Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z As an agent for the Union Pacific, he single-handedly saved Colorado’s wool trade during a blizzard by ramming locomotive plows through snowdrifts to open the tracks for trains bearing sheep feed. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z So she simply chose a direction, picking her way around tree roots and snowdrifts, until finally she came to a small clearing where the snow had not fallen. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z She trudged into the Great Meadow, where fierce winds had created enormous, sweeping snowdrifts. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “At half an hour after midnight we ran into the snowdrift. No one can have left the train since then.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z Just ahead, the elk wove between the snowdrifts with his head down, his huge rack of antlers crusted with ice. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z On the fifth day of the storm, the baggage train crossed a rippling expanse of waist-high snowdrifts that concealed a frozen pond. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Half blinded after the successive flashes, I lost my bearings amongst hummocks, bumping shins against all points and stumbling into deep snowdrifts,” said Hurley. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Then the log house would be almost buried in snowdrifts, and the lake and the streams would freeze. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Now, however, the snowdrifts tugged at my wool skirt as I wobbled my way along a packed and icy trail. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z By the next morning all the Popper floors were covered with smooth ice, with snowdrifts around the edges near the open windows. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z But I did come up with a couple perverted fantasies involving getting stuck in a snowdrift and sending Chas and Joey out into the cold to search for help. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Sooner or later, she would reach its source, a mountain spring or melting snowdrift, and then she’d have to walk. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z At half an hour after midnight, as you all know, the train ran into a snowdrift. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z In the afternoons, Shawn and I saddled the horses and fought our way up the mountain, the horses half-jumping to clamber through snowdrifts that reached their bellies. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z They slid across the snowdrifts smoothly, where the wheeled chariots were foundering and sinking. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Front lawns cough up the shovels and mittens that were gobbled by snowdrifts in January. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z In the dawn light, billowy clouds mounded against the far horizon like a snowdrift. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Wolves howled in the wood, sniffing through the snowdrifts after dead things. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z A third sat in a snowdrift, playing with two live moose like they were action figures. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “Well, no, I wouldn’t say that. Here we are stuck in a snowdrift and nobody doing anything about it, and my boat sailing the day after tomorrow.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z Dad waded toward me through the snowdrifts, and as he stepped into a beam from the broken headlights I saw a six-inch gash in his forearm and blood slashing into the snow. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I willed myself to stay dry, which is a handy little ability, but that didn't help the others, and I could still feel the cold, like wading through a snowdrift. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z I found him resting in a snowdrift, looking at the cardinal pair that lived near the stream. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z I looked out and saw a white countryside, desolate except where ripples of blue broke the snowdrifts. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z They would go up on the snowdrift at one end of the living room, and run down, one behind the other, onto the ice, until they were running too fast to keep their balance. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z He took a handful of crumbs and tossed them out to the sparrows that hopped on crusted snowdrifts outside. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Or the black-dust blizzard of 1923—remember that?—when dirty snow blew down from North Dakota, seven-foot snowdrifts covered entire sections of the city, and people didn’t leave their houses for weeks? Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z The first few times I tried to walk, it was exhausting—like wading through a deep snowdrift. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I bundle up in geeky snow clothes, wrap a scarf around my head, and plunge into a snowdrift. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Mobs of people, beautifully dressed, were floundering through snowdrifts and the great black official cars chugged through streets clanking chains. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z She knew what was out there because it was all a part of her now—the endless churning darkness, the shadowy snowdrifts that collected in the wind and blew apart again. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z His fingers were ice-cold, like he’d been holding them in a snowdrift before class. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Wordless for once, Hodor slapped the snow off his legs, and plowed upward through the snowdrifts with Bran upon his back. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She was alone in a white world of snow and silence, plowing through snowdrifts as high as her thighs. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I could feel the winter shaking my bones and banging my teeth together, and the big white hotel towel I had dragged down with me lay under my head numb as a snowdrift. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z It seemed to take all afternoon floating down into the abyss, and he had been very glad to see it at last vanish, with no sound at all, into a forty-foot snowdrift at the bottom. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z “December 26 “The pond is a white muffin, the millhouse has disappeared under a snowdrift, and Alice and I are playing checkers with groundnuts and dried apples. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “But yes, Monsieur. Monsieur has not noticed? The train has stopped. We have run into a snowdrift. Heaven knows how long we shall be here. I remember once being snowed up for seven days.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z After hours, the deep snowdrift has been cleared and the lorry is ready to take the men home out of the cold. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z For a long time the quarry was full of snowdrifts and nothing could be done. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z The wooden clogs I wore were terrible for crossing icy patches and clomping through snowdrifts, but I was still better off than those who had lost their shoes, or never had any to begin with. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z Seabiscuit rolled in, the fans massing by the sides of his van like snowdrifts. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The wind blasts a snowdrift against the window. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z But snowdrifts and night were overtaking her, and Hazel only had room for so much. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z I was grateful for the car and the snowdrift. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z They entered the great hall on a rug as soft as a snowdrift and they stood shyly waiting. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z The gray stallion pulled his sled, piled high with rocks, through snowdrifts and through blizzards, up steep hills and down again, through icy gorges. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z All the shadows were thin and blue, and every little curve of snowdrifts and every little track in the snow had a shadow. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z In fact, the first ski area in this valley, Driftland, opened in 1951 on a massive, recurring snowdrift, reportedly so deep that it often lingered into summer. Skiing West Virginia’s ‘Canadian Valley’ in a banner season 2021-02-18T05:00:00Z We rocketed down the trough, then sideslipped a three-foot snowdrift on the edge of a muddy trail for the last two miles. Explorer: Skiing Igloo-to-Igloo Across the Grand Tetons 2011-03-04T19:55:00Z When, at last, a plow goes by, it leaves a smooth surface, but creates a bigger snowdrift in front of the invisible, buried cars, blocking them in even more. A Plague of Snow 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z Broadway theaters may be open, but getting to them may be another story, with area airports shut down, subways delayed and huge snowdrifts across New York City making streets and roads difficult to navigate. Broadway theaters remain open despite winter storm 2010-12-27T18:25:13Z When heading eastbound from Portland, get oriented at Starvation Creek State Park, named for an 1880s passenger train trapped in a snowdrift for three weeks with little food. 36 Hours in Hood River, Ore. 2014-04-03T21:54:46Z The effect of that red against Fargo's white snowdrifts is particularly evocative, while Tokyo and Minnesota, the locales where the film was shot, accentuate the contrasts between Kumiko's two states of mind. 'Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter' chases her 'Fargo' dream 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z Last seen jumping off the wall of Winterfell, into what we can only hope is a large and cushy snowdrift because that is no way for either of them to die. Bring out your dead: the 'Game of Thrones' season finale 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z Rich enough to throw a diamond of more than 30 carats into a snowdrift and not look for it. Books of The Times: Beach Reads From Stephen King, Kevin Kwan, Carl Hiaasen and More 2013-06-06T21:14:31Z Many of the rooms on the third and fourth floors are filled with broken furniture and covered in snowdrifts of paint chips from the crumbling ceilings. No Longer Empty at the Andrew Freedman Home 2012-03-19T22:30:55Z He hears "the cochlear hum of a polar silence", notices the "polished sheen" of snowdrifts, "as if rubbed smooth by centuries of pilgrims' fingers", and the Dog Star "flaring like a welding spark". 1912: The Year the World Discovered Antarctica by Chris Turney – review 2012-11-22T08:00:01Z Their snowdrift coating makes this dish look complex, but that delicate casing is easy to achieve. Yes, You Can Make Salmon on the Stovetop Without the Smell 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z Lonsdale's play also ends just when it is about to become seriously interesting with the rejected pair marooned in a snowdrift. On Approval – review 2013-04-15T17:13:19Z "Perhaps Father Christmas has fallen into a snowdrift in the forest," said Constantin sadly. William Blacker in Romania 2010-12-18T00:06:01Z OUTSIDE, there were snowdrifts and icy sidewalks that made getting into Lever House a tricky navigational challenge for the fashionably dressed crowd on this freezing January evening. Rachel Feinstein and John Currin, Their Own Best Creations 2011-03-11T21:40:24Z This book’s inevitable crime scenes will feature thigh-high snowdrifts, unbearable temperatures and the inevitability of leaving footprints. Books of The Times: Lee Child?s ?61 Hours,? a Jack Reacher Thriller 2010-05-13T21:31:00Z The brittle, dry cookies absorb the moisture of the cream, softening into cake, while the whipped cream stiffens up into a plush snowdrift of frosting that’s just barely firm enough to slice. A Retro Icebox Pie Gets a Vibrant Makeover 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z We meet her trudging through a snowdrift, “her neat coat belted, as colorless as she is, nine years worn.” Moral Questions Lurk Beneath a Ghost Story in ‘Melmoth’ 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z Reading “The Memory Police” is like sinking into a snowdrift: lulling yet suspenseful, it tingles with dread and incipient numbness. ‘Read Receipts’ On: Two Dystopian Novels Predict the Surveillance State 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z As the train rose through Oslo, it passed through industrial neighborhoods splashed with graffiti and piled with snowdrifts. A U.S. traveler’s urge to see Norway is all in his genes 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z On every surface were snowdrifts of stuff: piles of clothing, toiletries, plastic sunglasses. An Artist Stands Before Her Fun House Mirror 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z If you go to “La Bohème” at the Metropolitan Opera this season and are convinced that the big snowdrift in Act III looks a little fresher than usual, you’re not hallucinating. At the Met, a Refurbished ‘Bohème’ and an Art Deco ‘Ballo’ 2023-10-22T04:00:00Z A whirling blizzard and calf-deep snowdrifts did little to deter guests on the final morning of . A Face in the Crowd: Kim Basinger at Ralph Lauren 2014-02-14T02:06:22Z The highway ebbs and flows as snowdrifts billow across, the camera bobs and tilts – almost as if we were sailing towards the setting sun. Exclusive First Look at Bon Iver's Digital Deluxe Edition 2011-11-28T09:58:38Z Reading it is like “sinking into a snowdrift,” our reviewer, Julian Lucas, wrote. New in Paperback: ‘The Memory Police’ and ‘Fleishman Is in Trouble’ 2020-07-24T04:00:00Z The last time I went I ate a dish built around spaghetti-like strands of rutabaga under a warm snowdrift of whipped Alpine fontina. Can a Pop-Up Settle Down Without Losing Its Fizz? 2019-02-26T05:00:00Z I am not just talking about films: mountains, books, snowdrifts, acts of kindness. Lockdown watch: Joshua Oppenheimer on three essential recent masterpieces 2020-04-10T04:00:00Z Next to the Acconci, Mr. Smithson’s set of photographs “For Bern Snow — Mirror Displacement in the Alps” shows tiny mirrors embedded in snowdrifts. Art Review: At the Met, ?Between Here and There,? Photographs 2010-07-08T21:35:00Z We carried it several blocks home, dodging ice and snowdrifts. Modern Love: Modern Love - Building Christmas on Presence, Not Presents 2012-12-20T17:50:57Z Across the valley, the facing slope was ribbed with windblown snowdrifts and speckled in places with the rocks of a cliff band jutting through the snow. Explorer : A Sisterhood of the Snow in Alaska 2014-04-03T17:57:48Z We had terrible trouble filming the scene where the train is blocked by a snowdrift. How we made the original Murder on the Orient Express 2017-11-13T05:00:00Z The snowshoes of yore, made of wood and rawhide, looked wonderful in a cabin but made for arduous trudging in snowdrifts. | The Daily Gift: Redfeather Snowshoes 2013-12-04T17:47:52Z Ishigo painted arresting scenes of camp life, including one well-known picture of internees struggling through the snowdrifts of an unfamiliar harsh winter. Where is the best place to present Japanese American internees’ art? 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z The blizzard of 1873 left snowdrifts a dozen feet high on some Indiana farms. Germans. Hoosiers. Canadians! How they shaped the Southern California we know today 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z Rain then morphed into macadamia-nut-sized hail that pelted the stadium, leaving what looked like foot-high snowdrifts on the floor of each dugout. Dodgers come up swinging after weather delay to rout Rockies 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z His soldiers learned much from the Inuit, including building igloos, deciphering the meaning of snowdrifts, ice fishing, hunting and butchering caribou — and observing the moon dog and sun dog. Raw Meat and Moon Signs: Inuit Lessons for Soldiers in the Arctic 2023-06-04T04:00:00Z In some areas, they have measured snowdrifts that are 80 feet deep or more. Scientists take flight to map California’s vast snowpack and measure flooding threats 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z Like other homeowners in the towns near Lake Tahoe, Mr. Culp was racing to remove massive snowdrifts from his roof. Before Another Storm in the Tahoe Region, a Race to Clear Snow From Roofs 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z More than 250 km of local roads in mountainous southeastern Serbia were closed due to snowdrifts reaching two metres, local media reported. Snow and winter storms cut power, disrupt traffic across the Balkans 2023-02-05T05:00:00Z As change swirls faster than the snowdrifts covering Longyearbyen’s few miles of paved roads, the church’s anchoring role seems poised to remain the only constant. Church helps mining community evolve in dark, warming Arctic 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z The working dogs, younger puppies and new litters played in the lashing winds that shifted thigh-high snowdrifts. In Norway, sled dogs train and play in warming Arctic 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z Local officials warned the death toll could increase as emergency responders began to examine cars left buried in snowdrifts in areas where more are feared to have died. With at least 31 dead from blizzard, Buffalo braces for flooding 2022-12-27T05:00:00Z More victims are expected to be discovered once melting snowdrifts reveal trapped vehicles and allow access to remote homes. US winter storm traps New York State residents in cars 2022-12-26T05:00:00Z Bosnian authorities banned the use of heavy lorries in mountainous regions due to snowdrifts and icy roads. Snow and winter storms cut power, disrupt traffic across the Balkans 2023-02-05T05:00:00Z Huge snowdrifts nearly covered cars and there were thousands of houses, some adorned in unlit holiday displays, dark from a lack of power. Extreme cold, travel chaos: Woes from deadly storm continue 2022-12-26T05:00:00Z The massive snowdrifts made driving near impossible, with response teams struggling to get around engulfed vehicles. Hundreds had to be rescued from snow in western New York, governor says 2022-11-19T05:00:00Z “The New Faith” uncovers Black American folk songs from beneath centuries of white canonical snowdrifts — a task he says can feel frustratingly perpetual as that snow keeps falling. Jake Blount unearths Black history through folk music, using its sounds as a bridge to the future 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z In bustling Addis Ababa, a hush falls as thousands of men, women and children, all dressed in white and many wrapped in the traditional cotton robes called netelas, file to church like slow-moving snowdrifts. The 25 Travel Experiences You Must Have 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z "I think the West's threat of terrible sanctions will stop Putin," Sergei Kalinin agrees, flicking a cigarette butt into a snowdrift. Ukrainian civilians prepare as war with Russia threatens 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z MacLatchy said the four had been left on their own to navigate "endless fields, large snowdrifts and complete darkness" in freezing weather. Florida man charged with human smuggling after 4 bodies, including baby, found just north of US-Canada border 2022-01-21T05:00:00Z “These victims faced not only the cold weather but also endless fields, large snowdrifts and complete darkness,” she said. Florida man charged after four found dead at Canada-U.S. border 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z “These victims faced not only the cold weather but also endless fields, large snowdrifts and complete darkness.” 4 found dead in blizzard in Canada near US border 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z "These victims faced not only the cold weather but endless fields, large snowdrifts and complete darkness." Infant among four bodies found near US-Canada border 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z But for now, please make do with this video of a man jumping into a snowdrift in celebration. Transfer Rumors From Another World 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z Use safeguards and properly ventilate when using heat from a fireplace, space heater or wood stove and make sure gas furnaces are not blocked by a snowdrift. Nor'easters: What to know about them and how to keep safe when they hit 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z Eventually, sated, they pile up into one drowsy, fluffy snowdrift of white piglet. Review: 'Gunda' proves to be a wordlessly sublime slice of porcine life down on the farm 2021-04-15T04:00:00Z They faced icy winds, snowdrifts, disappearing trails and the occasional moose. 2 Days, 10 Dogs, 150 Miles in the Wilderness: This Is the Iditarod for Teens 2021-03-09T05:00:00Z She finally secured a slot for Sunday morning, but Friday and Saturday a strong winter storm moved through the region, turning the city’s normally rainy streets into a winter scene of snowdrifts. Seattle woman, 90, walks 6 miles through snow for vaccine 2021-02-16T05:00:00Z Up North rescue crews are equipped with the gear and training needed to help people in distress, even when woods, snowdrifts, or sinkholes get in the way, officials said. Northern Michigan emergency crews trained, equipped to aid 2021-02-15T05:00:00Z National train operator Deutsche Bahn said main train routes between Hamburg and Hannover, Berlin and the west were canceled as snowdrifts piled up on the tracks and power lines. Heavy snowstorm pounds Germany, upends travel 2021-02-07T05:00:00Z Ash piled up like snowdrifts around the burned trunks. California’s sequoias and redwoods can survive climate change—if we help them 2021-01-06T05:00:00Z It was full of recumbent sculptures, queues, processions, dances, snowdrifts, ribbons, and flags. Great excavations: Elizabeth Price on unearthing the truth about work 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z Crossguns, a school bus driver, was making her regular circuit Tuesday morning as the warming sun of a bluebird day barely made a dent in the deep snowdrifts along her route. Blackfeet work together to feed kids in time of coronavirus 2020-03-21T04:00:00Z Unable to make a dent in the rocky, frozen ground, Bjorge dug his foxhole in a snowdrift. Montana, Idaho 10th Mountain Division chapter closing down 2020-02-29T05:00:00Z If you swear that kids were tougher in your day and you had to walk to school through three-foot snowdrifts, uphill, both ways, we cannot prove you wrong. Snow Days: Is School Canceled More Often Now? 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z The Associated Press reported at the time that rescue workers dug through snowdrifts in the village of Skeklab for two days only to find 18 frozen bodies. Which were the worst blizzards? Here are the deadliest storms in history 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z But nothing much happened in the ad, which shows Ryder in a snowdrift on her laptop being confronted by a “Fargo”-like cop. The best and worst of Super Bowl ads 2020-02-02T05:00:00Z Surrounded by water, mountain and forest, it is buffeted by subarctic winds in winter, when snowdrifts and vast starry nights stir a sense of remoteness. Bernie Sanders shaped this small city, and it gave him a moonshot to the national stage 2020-01-26T05:00:00Z Winds that were recorded between 75 and 98 mph during the snow created snowdrifts nearly six feet high. Canadian military deployed after blizzard buries Newfoundland in record-breaking snowfall 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z Thousands remained without power, and social media showed people had begun to literally dig out of their homes after snowdrifts blocked their doorways. 'Snowmageddon': cleanup begins after record Newfoundland storm 2020-01-18T05:00:00Z Videos and pictures on social media were dramatic, with white-out conditions and snowdrifts burying cars and piling up to entirely cover the doors and windows in homes. Blizzard slams Canada's Newfoundland, state of emergency declared in capital 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z Trapped in a snowdrift without adequate clothing, they were freezing to death. How a Jewish girl hid from the Nazis in an alpine ski resort 2020-01-04T05:00:00Z Rejoice, for we are approaching a joyous and special time: New Year’s Eve, the day that offers you the very best chance of passing out drunkenly and freezing to death in a snowdrift. New Year's Eve is the absolute worst holiday. Fight me | Hamilton Nolan 2019-12-31T05:00:00Z Major highways reopened Sunday in Wyoming and Colorado, a day after blizzard conditions clogged roads with snowdrifts. Deadly winter storm takes aim at Northeast, snow expected as holiday travel delays pile up 2019-12-01T05:00:00Z The poems are banked impressions, like snowdrifts after a blizzard, or deposits left by a receding tide. The Many Voices of Charles Wright 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z I watched him idle at a traffic light in front of a bank, beside a dirty snowdrift. The Book of Prince 2019-09-02T04:00:00Z Another typewriter remains where he left it, engulfed in a snowdrift of books and papers. My gonzo night at Hunter S Thompson's cabin – now on Airbnb 2019-07-12T04:00:00Z Residents in Missouri are putting their ruined possessions on the street and corn stalks heaped by floodwaters look like snowdrifts in the fields. US farmers count cost of catastrophic 'bomb cyclone' in midwest 2019-04-27T04:00:00Z The animal was stuck in a snowdrift at the side of tracks in the Gesaeuse national park in central Austria. Austrian train workers rescue wild goat buried in snowdrift 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z People keep bringing giant bottles of holiday hooch, as if I’m stuck in a snowdrift and can’t get out. With tears like tinsel, we're reminded: Without grief, there can be no joy 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z Fire crews struggling to reach the town used giant earthmovers to plow abandoned vehicles off the road as if they were snowdrifts after a blizzard. Forced Out by Deadly California Fires, Then Trapped in Traffic 2018-11-11T05:00:00Z Successful candidates do tend to out-fundraise their opponent, but as social scientists are fond of telling us, “correlation is not causation” — snowdrifts don’t produce cold weather. Opinion | Can out-of-state money swing elections? Don’t Beto on it. 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z Photos from a recent track meet featured snowdrifts piled beside the track as runners raced by, he said. Minnesota sports league changes rule because of cold weather 2018-04-14T04:00:00Z Although snow left a white blanket over Yankee Stadium’s green field on Monday, it was not quite as bad as the home opener in 1982, when a blizzard left two-foot snowdrifts in the outfield. In New York, Yankees and Mets Take a Snow Day 2018-04-02T04:00:00Z The big freeze caused travel chaos throughout the country, with hundreds of flights canceled, train travel disrupted and roads blocked by snowdrifts. UK companies urge less water use after post-storm thaw 2018-03-05T05:00:00Z He walked — maybe a mile — toward D Street, where tents and shopping carts were hemmed along a fence like a snowdrift of forgotten humanity. Las Vegas homeless community on edge with a killer on the loose 2018-02-13T05:00:00Z Highway 77 is impassable and stretches of state highways 92 and 109 also are impassable because of snowdrifts and stuck vehicles. Snowdrifts, vehicles blocking some eastern Nebraska roadways 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z Only specially outfitted vehicles are allowed on the road up the mountain at this time of year, and on Friday, snowdrifts and ferocious winds blocked even the SnowCoach from going farther. An Eyelash-Freezing ‘Icy Hell’: The One Spot That Could Feel Like Minus 100 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z All of his mental landscapes are so overwhelmingly joyful that you assume the real man must be freezing to death in a snowdrift as the camera floats upward, like the “Little Match Girl.” Opinion | President Trump has one of the greatest memories of all time 2017-10-27T04:00:00Z Completed in the late 1980s, Bear Camp Road is seasonally closed by snowdrifts and is the only paved road between Galice and Agness. Oregon timber sale benefits popular forest road 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z In years when trees are still small, but growing, he might mow around them, and he makes sure they aren’t buried by snowdrifts. Nebraska farmers plant trees to protect their property 2017-05-21T04:00:00Z Officials are seeing the broad effects of this year’s monster snowdrifts. California mammoth snowstorms take toll on Sierra wildlife 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z It was only getting worse here and all across the Northeast in the wake of a “bomb cyclone” that turned Boston streets into an Arctic sea and left three-foot snowdrifts across New England. An Eyelash-Freezing ‘Icy Hell’: The One Spot That Could Feel Like Minus 100 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z California surveyors will crunch across the state’s deep snowdrifts for the first springtime reading Thursday. The Latest: California’s robust snowpack raises concerns 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z The outcome of the case, alas, appears to be lost in the snowdrifts of history. A Brief History of the Worst Winter Train Rides 2017-03-14T04:00:00Z It took her several hours to walk the five miles along a river bank through snowdrifts. Four-year-old trekked miles in subzero Siberia to help sick grandmother 2017-03-14T04:00:00Z The detectives’ assignment to investigate the murder of Ash Southernwood, a runaway, found in a snowdrift by remote railroad tracks in Idaho, soon turns into a manhunt for a serial killer. Laukkanen’s brisk pacing gives urgency to ‘Forgotten Girls’ 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z The first sign that the journey was headed in an unpleasant direction was when snowdrifts started shooting up over the front of his sled. Isolated elk tenders stay close to their work 2017-03-08T05:00:00Z Three-foot snowdrifts in Browning are likely to slow things down - in Manhattan, they shut things down. Blackfeet designer realizes New York Fashion Week dream 2017-03-04T05:00:00Z Now a small group of volunteers from across the country is working 10 hours a day to feed and care for the animals, using rented plows to carve paths through 15-foot snowdrifts. Los Angeles police arrest several people for 1993 apartment building fire; South Dakota group tries to find homes for wild horses 2017-02-04T05:00:00Z The manager of the Italian hotel hit by an avalanche told officials shortly before the disaster that his guests were terrified by repeated earthquakes, and trapped there by snowdrifts. Italy Rigopiano Hotel sent alert just before avalanche - BBC News 2017-01-23T05:00:00Z Swaths of northern and eastern Bulgaria were paralyzed by snowdrifts that blocked roads and left 117 towns and villages without electricity. Lowest temperatures in decades in parts of eastern Europe 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z Several Serbian municipalities declared emergency measures to battle the extreme weather and dozens of villages in the south were cut off by high snowdrifts. Europe cold snap: death toll hits 61 as the poor, old and helpless succumb 2017-01-10T05:00:00Z The car’s occupants spilled out, joining other families who high-stepped through snowdrifts — just about everyone smiling, some tossing snowballs — toward the entrance to Santa’s Workshop, a theme park from another era. A Struggling Theme Park Asks: Do You Still Believe in Santa? 2016-12-23T05:00:00Z Rather, Nils is a blue-collar man, who plows the substantial snowdrifts from the countryside roads outside Oslo with his gargantuan machines. ‘In Order of Disappearance’ is a Norwegian revenge gangster drama that borrows from many genres 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z He ascended 2,600 vertical feet, through snowdrifts taller than he was. Death by GPS: are satnavs changing our brains? 2016-06-25T04:00:00Z Dozens of vehicles rescued people stuck in snowdrifts. Lowest temperatures in decades in parts of eastern Europe 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z Particularly popular with Mini-Cassia families, Lake Cleveland’s two campgrounds are full most weekends from early July - when snowdrifts recede enough to open access - to Labor Day, the Sawtooth National Forest says. At 8,300 feet, Lake Cleveland offers alpine joys to all 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z Altman would run through the snowdrifts, and then, Richmond said, "He would always take off his shirt and call us" sissies. Coaches Dana Altman of Oregon, Lon Kruger of Oklahoma are best friends, but one has to lose Saturday 2016-03-25T04:00:00Z All of it set against interminable, unending snowdrifts and the breathtaking mountainscapes surrounding Oslo. ‘In Order of Disappearance’ is a Norwegian revenge gangster drama that borrows from many genres 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z A tiny red object flew out of the cockpit window, landing in a snowdrift. An Insurance Salesman and a Doctor Walk Into a Bar, and End Up at the North Pole 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z The sun is setting into snowdrifts, and the land is stark and beautiful. It's not over til it's over: inside the Sanders campaign's do-or-die moment 2016-03-12T05:00:00Z Finicum, 55, drives a white truck into a snowdrift, nearly striking a law enforcement officer. FBI releases video of Oregon occupier's shooting death 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z “This is for the birds,” I thought as I trudged through the knee-high snowdrifts in my back yard. Feeling peckish? Just imagine being a hungry bird in the snow. 2016-01-24T05:00:00Z The North Lawn of the White House was blanketed by snowdrifts that were 20.5 inches high. Monster snowstorm leaves at least 13 dead as it pummels East Coast 2016-01-23T05:00:00Z Part of the backstage roof was damaged from the weight of what performing arts center manager Curtis McKinney estimated to be an 8 to 10 foot snowdrift. Damaged buildings, dairy worries follow New Mexico storm 2015-12-31T05:00:00Z And as for aesthetics, the most beautiful thing in the world is a car that doesn’t get stuck in a snowdrift. Subaru Forester: Choosing Function Over Form 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z But snowdrifts blocked my way on the north base of Koosah. Rewards of a hiker’s missed turn: stunning Cascade views 2015-06-14T04:00:00Z It is partly an account of a shepherd’s year, from the treacherous snowdrifts of winter to the burst of new life in spring. A shepherd’s life proves a hit, in print and online 2015-06-14T04:00:00Z Boston residents began hurling themselves out of upstairs windows into snowdrifts just for something to do. Boston's snow piles remain even as city basks in warm spring weather 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z In the middle of the Ottawa National Forest, there is a Native American reservation where snowdrifts mark the main road into town. Indian tribes gambling on high-interest loans to raise revenue 2015-03-01T05:00:00Z A wooden boardwalk leading down from the building toward the plain where the actual ruins of the settlement lay was in some places covered by snowdrifts, in others bare. Karl Ove Knausgaard Travels Through America 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z For example, scientists studying antibiotic resistance are using a game theory scenario called the snowdrift game, in which a player always benefits from cooperating. Game Theory Calls Cooperation into Question 2015-02-23T05:00:00Z He decided to don his Speedo, swim cap and googles and dive right into the huge snowdrift currently filling his backyard pool. Watch a Man Go Swimming in a Pool Full of Snow (Wearing Nothing But a Speedo) 2015-02-21T05:00:00Z In the winter, they amuse themselves with 3- to 4-foot snowdrifts. Bring on the snow drifts 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z At least, YouTuber Olivier C's Millennium Falcon drone does, as it unceremoniously ditches into a snowdrift in his demonstration video. Watch a DIY Millennium Falcon drone take to the skies 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z Our expectations of both government and infrastructure were forged under snowdrifts; a melting coat reveals more about a city than it obscured in the first place. The secret history of snowstorms: How blizzards shaped the modern American city 2015-02-01T05:00:00Z “The roads are terrible. It’s so easy to get stuck. You hit the snowdrifts everywhere. It’s not unusual to see 5-, 6-, 7-foot snowdrifts in some of the driveways.” People across the Northeast US deal with snowstorm 2015-01-27T05:00:00Z By midafternoon, Chicago’s streets were clogged by wind-whipped snowdrifts and stalled autos. 7 Chilling Stories of Snow Storms Throughout American History 2015-01-26T05:00:00Z Highway crews are passing over roads covered with snowdrifts multiple times. Long Island digs out from as much as 2 feet from blizzard 2015-01-27T05:00:00Z Mayor Michael Bilandic’s reaction was slow—huge snowdrifts sat unplowed in the streets for two months in some places. A Crippling Storm May Be Good News—for NYC’s Bill de Blasio Deal makers are not necessarily finalizing term sheets amid the snowdrifts. For a Few Whirlwind Days, Davos Becomes the Deal Capital 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z Doc doesn’t so much go from point A to point B as he becomes buried under ever-deepening snowdrifts of unreliable personae, shady and long-tentacled organizations, and obtuse conversations overladen with Age of Aquarius philosophizing. Our Favorite Films of 2014: Newsweek Staff Picks She was eventually rescued, but it was, she said, the scare of her life, in a storm that left snowdrifts as high as houses and transformed whole towns into indistinguishable mounds of white. Snowstorm Again Pounds Western New York 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z A snowdrift of shards accumulated beneath the wall. Ben Bradlee’s Charisma 2014-10-25T04:00:00Z At most of the city’s six universities it’s easy to find people studying film, psychology or general business; hard-core information technology majors are about as rare as snowdrifts. Databases In The French Quarter: GE Brings Tech To New Orleans 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z Here are feints and counter-feints in the dark, midnight flanking maneuvers through snowdrifts and across icy mountain passes, armies riding out of the mist, folly, bravery, attempted assassination, and genius. Strategy Lessons From The Real "Game of Thrones" 2014-06-04T04:00:00Z DNA tests have confirmed the identity of a man who was found four months ago in a snowdrift near Oslo, apparently suffering from amnesia. DNA tests identify Norway amnesiac 2014-04-11T15:49:16Z He was found by a passerby in a snowdrift east of Oslo, semi-conscious and poorly dressed for the winter. Norway amnesiac is our son - couple 2014-04-10T16:50:01Z Police in Norway have released photos in a bid to identify a young man found in a snowdrift near Oslo in December, apparently suffering from amnesia. Mystery over Norway snowdrift man 2014-04-08T17:29:38Z We don’t want them slipping and sliding on the sidewalks or stranded on school buses stuck in snowdrifts. The Working Life: As Snow Days Disrupt Parents’ Routines, Finding Sympathy for de Blasio’s Decisions 2014-02-17T00:51:39Z In Canada, meanwhile, a 70-year-old Ontario man is recovering in hospital after being buried in a snowdrift in his vehicle for nearly 24 hours, . North America deep freeze to ease 2014-01-08T22:08:28Z The man was found by a passerby in a snowdrift east of Oslo in December, semi-conscious and poorly dressed for the winter. DNA tests identify Norway amnesiac 2014-04-11T15:49:16Z However, the researchers went a step further than many prior studies and tried to simulate warming in winter conditions, via the snowdrift blanketing. Will Arctic Meltdown Produce More Greenhouse Gases or Less? 2013-12-06T18:15:00.458Z According to the police, he is aged in his twenties and was found in a snowdrift in an industrial area east of the Norwegian capital. Mystery over Norway snowdrift man 2014-04-08T17:29:38Z Cows and calves grazing in vast, open grasslands succumbed to hypothermia, suffocated in massive snowdrifts or died from exhaustion trying to outrun the weather, Oedekoven said. Wanted: Pregnant cows to help South Dakota ranchers recover from storm 2013-10-16T04:16:36Z First, utility bills become buried under snowdrifts of paper, so people forget to pay them. When Hoarding Morphs Into a Safety Hazard 2013-05-27T01:48:31Z The base is raised four inches off the ground, to keep the cats high and dry in case of snowdrifts; the mat is springy vinyl. For Feral Cats, a Few New Places to Call Home 2013-01-11T20:26:58Z Simulating a warming Arctic The researchers simulated future warming at plots by using a combination of miniature greenhouses and man-made snowdrifts, which counterintuitively warm permafrost like a blanket. Will Arctic Meltdown Produce More Greenhouse Gases or Less? 2013-12-06T18:15:00.458Z Known as Mimi, she fell headfirst into a snowdrift and was stuck for about 45 minutes following the fall, in the Grand Montets skiing area. Snowboarder 'critically injured' 2012-12-11T21:30:49Z The snowdrifts came up to our waists and the wind stings my face, but Lyudmila Lipatova, a sturdy woman in her 70s, does not seem to notice and hands me a shovel. Joseph Stalin's deadly railway to nowhere 2012-06-06T23:23:49Z Pakistani military photographs of the rescue operation, released in recent days, paint a dispiriting picture of the scene: white-suited rescuers, aided by sniffer dogs, digging amid driving snow; bulldozers tapping into an immense snowdrift. Siachen Avalanche Puts Spotlight on India-Pakistan Conflict 2012-04-14T19:06:44Z In a second scenario, the snowdrift game, two partners have to work together to dig out of a snowdrift. Cooperative Neural Networks Suggest How Intelligence Evolved 2012-04-11T16:45:00.230Z The door stood half open, and a snowdrift lay heaped upon the threshold. The Ice Queen 2012-03-22T02:00:40.843Z To get a toss in a snowdrift, and, while lying half-smothered, to be sworn at for not shouting to warn the man following you. Mr. Punch in the Hunting Field 2012-03-17T02:01:06.070Z They were rigidly preserved on the stem as a garden decoration in winter; though they were too closely akin in color to the encircling snowdrifts to be of any value. Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth 2012-03-06T03:00:22.850Z The roads were barely passable with snowdrifts piled up on either side six foot high or more. Ladies in the Field: Sketches of Sport 2012-03-03T03:00:17.540Z But if both partners choose this route, neither is will get out of the snowdrift. Cooperative Neural Networks Suggest How Intelligence Evolved 2012-04-11T16:45:00.230Z He had dropped his firearm, but this was easily recovered from the snowdrift. First at the North Pole Two Boys in the Arctic Circle 2012-02-27T03:00:16.033Z “Not that Milwaukee is the worst, but in the winter it can be,” he said, gesturing at the snowdrifts across the parking lot that were pushing their way toward the door of Ray’s. Indoor Park in Milwaukee Lets Mountain Bikers Ride in Winter 2012-02-25T03:36:31Z Far ahead of them in the moonlit road they saw Sandhelo stop suddenly and slide his rider over his head into a snowdrift and then sit down on his haunches beside her like a dog. The Camp Fire Girls' Larks and Pranks or, The House of the Open Door 2012-02-21T03:00:19.740Z But this is like looking for a contact lens in a snowdrift. Corporate fraud: Mind your language 2012-02-16T15:59:48Z The episode was washed clean away by the snowdrift. The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:38.533Z After one bad fall in a snowdrift myself, I rode on alone with one mule with a valuable burden. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:15.857Z Most of Bulgaria’s roads and railways are blocked by snowdrifts, while freezing temperatures and heavy snowfall are hampering recovery work from floods in southern Bulgaria along the border with with Turkey and Greece. Eastern Europe Snowfall Eases, Helping Cleanup Before New Wave 2012-02-08T11:31:09Z Then suddenly, overbalanced, he crashed backward into the snowdrift. Lad: A Dog 2012-02-08T03:00:19.720Z It was mid-winter; but on arriving at the philosopher’s residence they found the tables spread in the open garden, where snowdrifts lay several feet in depth. Witch, Warlock, and Magician Historical Sketches of Magic and Witchcraft in England and Scotland 2012-02-06T03:00:14.350Z Never a spring comes upon these hills but it buries numbers of our villagers beneath its slipping snowdrifts. The Courtship of Morrice Buckler A Romance 2012-01-26T03:00:17.027Z Shrike and grosbeak leave, saying that really it is growing quite warm, and, glancing behind them, they behold the March hare turning somersaults in snowdrifts. Minstrel Weather 2012-01-24T03:00:25.640Z Before them was a snowdrift that looked almost as high as their car, stretching solidly across the road and leaving Bob not the shadow of a chance to dodge. The Radio Boys at Mountain Pass The Midnight Call for Assistance 2012-01-02T03:00:17.697Z For instance, Alfredia Blossom and one of her brothers came with the family wash in a big basket with which they had struggled through the snowdrifts. The Corner House Girls Snowbound 2011-12-30T03:00:22.827Z In 2008, the candidates braved icy roads and large snowdrifts as they made their final appeals. The Caucus: For Republicans in Iowa, the Campaign Begins, Really 2011-12-27T18:42:44Z "I was thinking of the valley of Wastdale," I replied, "and of a carrier's cart stuck in a snowdrift on Hard Knot." The Courtship of Morrice Buckler A Romance 2012-01-26T03:00:17.027Z The road to Ballater was for weeks impassable with snowdrifts; no possibility of replenishing one's wardrobe even from the village's meagre resources. A Witch of the Hills, v. 1-2 2011-12-15T03:00:15.700Z Joe promptly caught hold of the stick, and, putting out his foot, sent Terry backward into a snowdrift. The Radio Boys at Mountain Pass The Midnight Call for Assistance 2012-01-02T03:00:17.697Z Something was scratching there, dragging the sled away from over the hole in the snowdrift. The Corner House Girls Snowbound 2011-12-30T03:00:22.827Z Not a leaf is to be seen or a blade of grass, but great snowdrifts on the hill-sides, and icicles hanging from the bare boughs of the trees. Frederica and her Guardians The Perils of Orphanhood 2011-12-05T03:00:50.157Z Why, you’ve seen how even a moderate snowdrift can pile up. The Heath Hover Mystery 2011-12-01T03:00:22.357Z That buried beneath the polar blizzard and the howling homesick snowdrift you don't utterly give way is, I think, a proof of very superior resources and of your being reserved for a big future.... The Letters of Henry James, Vol. II 2011-11-18T03:00:26.730Z They hurried on again, sometimes plunging into snowdrifts that reached nearly to their waists, but keeping doggedly on to the rescue. The Radio Boys at Mountain Pass The Midnight Call for Assistance 2012-01-02T03:00:17.697Z The story goes, Nansen first met his future wife in a snowdrift. Fridtjof Nansen A book for the young 2011-11-17T03:00:36.810Z The storm also left scores of suburban commuters stranded, as railroads assessed problems with frozen switches and snowdrifts on the tracks. One Million Still in Dark After Snow Storm 2011-10-31T18:20:41Z More than 2.3 million customers from Pennsylvania through New England had no electricity, according to reports, as the region was lashed by surprisingly high winds and the snowdrifts piled up. Storm Leaves More Than 2 Million Without Power 2011-10-30T19:40:25Z Yes I lit in a snowdrift all right when I jumped out the window—but how did you know? Snowdrift A Story of the Land of the Strong Cold 2011-10-23T02:00:22.547Z “Your father will surely think we are all lost in a snowdrift.” The Radio Boys at Mountain Pass The Midnight Call for Assistance 2012-01-02T03:00:17.697Z After a long pursuit Nansen came up with it, and shot it in a snowdrift. Fridtjof Nansen A book for the young 2011-11-17T03:00:36.810Z A wall and hedge bounded his front garden on one side, and this was now entirely covered by an immense snowdrift, sloping up to a height of about seven feet. Birds and Man 2011-10-20T02:00:25.513Z The climate is notoriously cold,—snow lying 2 or 3 ft. deep for about three months, and tradition speaks of the city as having been more than once overwhelmed by snowdrift. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8 "Germany" to "Gibson, William" 2011-10-05T02:00:17.763Z Her room was at the side of the building, near the rear, and she saw that a huge snowdrift had formed where the wind eddied around the corner. Snowdrift A Story of the Land of the Strong Cold 2011-10-23T02:00:22.547Z “I must say being buried in a snowdrift wasn’t very pleasant—while it lasted.” The Radio Boys at Mountain Pass The Midnight Call for Assistance 2012-01-02T03:00:17.697Z The deer had no trouble in snowdrifts, but the wolf was hindered by them. Ecological Studies of the Timber Wolf in Northeastern Minnesota 2011-10-03T02:00:28.037Z When she reached the end of the lane, she paused, before turning, to watch a big motor car that was ploughing through the heavy snowdrifts. The Builders 2011-09-19T02:00:09.067Z “I am waiting patiently,” he informed a snowdrift. Autistic and Seeking a Place in an Adult World 2011-09-18T01:20:53Z "I hope the snowdrifts will not cause delays." Simon Eichelkatz; The Patriarch Two Stories of Jewish Life 2011-09-15T02:00:12.970Z The road was heavy enough because of snowdrifts. Pan Michael An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey. 2011-09-10T02:00:24.983Z The brook sprang from a hot spring, which, after racing down the deep valleys, buried itself beneath icebergs and snowdrifts. 'Midst the Wild Carpathians 2011-09-09T02:00:57.830Z "Father," urged Keir, seeing that Colum kneeled unnoticingly, his lips still moving above his grey beard, with the white hair of him falling about his head like a snowdrift slipping from a boulder. The Divine Adventure Volume IV 2011-09-04T02:00:03.717Z But it won't work with a man, a bull buffalo and a snowdrift, particularly if the man is strapped to two ten-foot-six strips of hickory and the bull buffalo has a bad reputation. Down the Yellowstone 2011-08-29T02:01:06.730Z He began to stalk his victim as noiselessly as a cat, taking advantage of every ant-hill or snowdrift to screen himself. Lives of the Fur Folk 2011-08-20T02:00:13.820Z Dispense with the arctic explorers telling how they drove themselves through snowdrifts in sub-zero temperatures; consider no more upon the decorated soldiers, the great Olympians, the endless progression of sports coaches. England's Alastair Cook hits new heights with 'grandaddy hundred' 2011-08-12T16:17:12Z Stumbling through snowdrifts, waist-deep in ice hollows, jumping treacherous crevasses, they pushed on, and the dark spot gradually took shape. Religion And Health 2011-08-12T02:00:18.323Z As evening approached the fury of the gale increased, and huge snowdrifts formed around the little home and completely cut off exit by means of the kitchen door. The Land of Lure A Story of the Columbia River Basin 2011-08-09T02:00:24.217Z Successive storms, mountains of jammed ice, and deep snow, interrupted our progress and lengthened the course over circuitous wastes of snowdrifts and blackened our horizon. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z Who shall help them against the wicked sprites whose gambols produce snowdrifts, burying men and cattle? or who protect them from the evil witch stealing about in the gloaming with sickness in her train? For the Right 2011-08-01T02:00:10.250Z Saturday morning the actual work of launching began, by sliding the boat over a snowdrift in a canyon that slopes to the lake at about an angle of fifty degrees. The Mountains of Oregon 2011-07-17T02:00:38.297Z When they reached the sandy flat at its foot they set boldly out towards the great mountain whose snowy cowl shone white as a snowdrift under the clear October sky. A Vendetta of the Desert 2011-07-05T02:00:32.510Z Wall, his wife has just faded away like a snowdrift in a Chinook wind, an' there's Sam an' the wee lass left. The Warden of the Plains and Other Stories of Life in the Canadian North-west 2011-07-03T02:00:11.037Z To this sea level there was an easy descent of four hundred feet on the river ice and snowdrifts, making, with good luck, a day's run of twenty miles. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z The flock of Lapland longspurs in the foreground is scavenging for last year’s seeds and catkins that accumulated on a melting snowdrift in early May. Scientist at Work: The Dangers of an Early Spring 2011-06-07T12:48:17Z But Seneca Sprague was never more warmly clad than this, and had been known to plod barefooted through snowdrifts. The Corner House Girls' Odd Find Where they made it, and What the Strange Discovery led to 2011-05-31T02:00:34.950Z In south Norfolk many of the roads were blocked by snowdrifts. Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 2011-05-25T02:00:19.650Z But to her astonishment he went on to tell her of a valley where arum-lilies grew in such masses that they looked like miles of snowdrifts lying on the grass. Poppy The Story of a South African Girl 2011-05-20T02:00:25.147Z And when Robert Carlton opened his study doors next morning, to air the room while he took his bath, a little snowdrift came tumbling in through the outer one. Peccavi 2011-05-17T02:00:22.620Z Two old farmers got stuck in a snowdrift—five feet deep, and getting deeper. A Cadet's Honor Mark Mallory's Heroism 2011-05-15T02:00:10.653Z Indeed, I would have gladly crawled there on my hands and knees, through snowdrifts, rather than to have proceeded farther in that touring car. Abroad at Home American Ramblings, Observations, and Adventures of Julian Street 2011-04-27T02:00:23.800Z A train conveying sixty navvies, who were employed to clear away the snowdrifts, ran into the down train from London. Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 2011-05-25T02:00:19.650Z Led by Verbeck and Riley, with Muggs at their heels, the police waded through snowdrifts, crashed through wet underbrush, rending the black night with the light of their torches. The Black Star A Detective Story 2011-04-14T02:01:01.883Z Never before had I seen how graceful is the tracery of bare boughs against the sky, or what loveliness there is in a snowdrift, or what grandeur in a wide white prospect. The MS. in a Red Box 2011-04-07T02:00:20.313Z What matter that the wind blows chill Through leafless tree and naked vine, That snowdrifts linger on the hill, When warm love makes the pulses thrill? The Cornflower, and Other Poems 2011-04-07T02:00:18.740Z Sprays of perennially overeager pyracantha flounced down the stone walls of the 79th Street transverse in Central Park, branch tips almost mingling with small snowdrifts at the walls’ base. From Sandal-Wearing Weather to Chilly, in Less Than a Week 2011-03-25T01:46:52Z Winter, the frequent ally of the Canadian bands, aided them now with snowdrifts heaped to the top of the low ramparts about the garrison houses, and upon them the assailants made entrance. Vermont A Study of Independence 2011-03-17T02:00:13.130Z Presently they became aware of some kind of stoppage ahead; it was made by the artillerymen, whose field-piece had stuck hopelessly in a snowdrift. The Road to Paris 2011-03-07T03:00:11.103Z As he looked at the buck there in the snowdrift, Bud thought of that summer day so long ago when the black buck had been a tiny fawn in his arms. The Black Fawn 2011-03-07T03:00:09.513Z Such news as that would be in the old home down by the mill, with Christmas snowdrifts over the fences and the river running softly under its blanket of white! Neighbours 2011-03-05T03:00:27.277Z Suddenly the snowdrifts began to whirl round madly: the wind blew in gusts; it buffeted the side of the sledge; it howled underneath; it took the men's breath away. More Tales by Polish Authors 2011-03-04T03:01:05.113Z Our batteries were firing from many hiding-places, revealed by short, sharp flashes of light, but few answering shells came back, and the ridge itself, patched with snowdrift, was quiet as any hill of peace. From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 2011-03-04T03:01:00.007Z It was the shop-keeper, and he gave Barbara a savage box on the ear that sent her reeling into the deeper snowdrifts of the gutter. A Little Book of Profitable Tales 2011-03-03T03:00:47.690Z Neil had made arrangements for wood in the summer months, but only part of it had been delivered; the rest, though felled, could not be extricated from the frozen snowdrifts. A Song of a Single Note A Love Story 2011-02-24T03:01:01.930Z Accordingly it attacked vigorously, and pushed back the Russians to within twenty miles of Sarikamish, where three days' heavy fighting took place amidst the snowdrifts. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) From the First Battle of Ypres to the End of the Year 1914 2011-02-23T03:00:28.797Z It was impossible to proceed quickly now, for they had to make their way between snowdrifts and the stems and projecting branches. More Tales by Polish Authors 2011-03-04T03:01:05.113Z Another time, four more sheep were lost in a snowdrift, from not being looked after in time. Harper's New Monthly Magazine No. XVI.?September, 1851?Vol. III. 2011-02-15T03:00:16.383Z The exquisite curve of her cheek, nearly always colorless, now faintly reflected the rose-red of her perfect lips as the snowdrift reflects the glow of the sunset. Oldfield A Kentucky Tale of the Last Century 2011-02-13T03:00:19.953Z And if you find any local reporters unearthed from a snowdrift this morning, be kind and offer them some cocoa. Learning to Love Blizzards on the Weather Channel 2011-02-03T19:46:52Z The shad trees shone like snowdrifts in the gray woods, and the yellow catkins were alive with humming bees. A Hero of Ticonderoga 2011-01-27T03:00:45.450Z Before dawn Dr. Obarecki walked the length of the village through the deep snowdrifts, deluding himself with a last hope of seeing the boy. More Tales by Polish Authors 2011-03-04T03:01:05.113Z He any others also caution that a formulaic auto ad -- sedans zipping past cones or SUVs barreling over snowdrifts -- would be quickly forgotten in this year's flood of auto commercials. At the Super Bowl, carmakers are back in the game 2011-01-14T21:18:26Z She went through the business curled up on a sofa, sitting on one foot, which showed among snowdrifts of swansdown. Vision House 2011-01-13T03:01:00.407Z A few days more and the snowdrifts were a mighty river. Collection of Nebraska Pioneer Reminiscences 2011-01-05T03:00:58.503Z With his left hand Billy withdrew the bar from the staple, opened the door, swung his right foot and kicked the district attorney out into a snowdrift. The Rider of Golden Bar 2011-01-04T03:01:06.347Z The March sun made the snowdrifts appear so bright and smooth that by contrast the smallest bush seemed like a wood, and the slightest unevenness a hill. More Tales by Polish Authors 2011-03-04T03:01:05.113Z Of the affected subway lines, only the N line and the Franklin Avenue shuttle in Brooklyn remained out of service because of snowdrifts that had not been cleared. Bloomberg Takes Blame for Response to Snowstorm 2010-12-30T06:47:20Z Entire swaths of subway lines were knocked out by huge snowdrifts — the exact lines that the winter planning manual warned were “most vulnerable to service disruptions” in a fierce storm. Inaction, Delay and Late Pleas by New York as Storm Loomed 2010-12-30T02:18:19Z The B and Q trains in Brooklyn run along an exposed track that is at or below ground-level, making the line particularly susceptible to snowdrifts. After Disruptions on Rails and at Airports, Halting Steps Toward Normal Service 2010-12-29T04:00:33Z Tall snowdrifts covered the landing gear of jets parked at the Newark airport. Flights resume -- as do long lines -- after blizzard 2010-12-28T17:38:00Z Portions of some subway lines aren’t running because of snowdrifts that covered the “third rail” on aboveground tracks, mostly in Brooklyn, Soffin said. New York Commute Disrupted for Second Day in Winter Storm’s Wake 2010-12-28T17:01:57Z It took an additional 20 minutes to drag their luggage and gear three blocks, through snowdrifts that, at times, reached 3 feet high. 400 spend icy night on N.Y. subway train 2010-12-28T05:40:05Z Because of these winds, unfortunately, we had to do some serious excavation to get all of our gear out of a large mounded snowdrift. Scientist at Work: Life in the Deep Field 2010-12-28T00:15:47Z The plane landed in a snowdrift, with a broken ski. Famous Flyers And Their Famous Flights 2010-12-25T03:00:15.953Z They stopped their horses, went to the precipice, and looked amongst the snowdrifts of the green meadows, and on a meadow a little child was sitting and playing with flowers. Russian Fairy Tales From the Skazki of Polevoi 2010-12-20T17:11:44.353Z It's not as threatening as it was early last week, when a snowstorm left 5-foot snowdrifts in the upper and lower bowls and concourse of the 50,000-plus-seat outdoor stadium. Digging deep in Minnesota 2010-12-19T01:35:00Z More than 100 rail passengers were stranded for about seven hours when their train hit a snowdrift between Carrbridge and Slochd on Wednesday evening. Engineers work to restore power 2010-04-01T21:28:00Z Snow strands passengers on train More than 100 rail passengers were stranded for more than seven hours when their train hit a snowdrift - then a rescue train also became stuck. Snow strands passengers on train 2010-04-01T07:50:00Z With a groan, the men on the ground saw her lurch, roll into a snowdrift, and all but turn over. Famous Flyers And Their Famous Flights 2010-12-25T03:00:15.953Z Large tailbacks Police warned people in the Lothian and Borders area to travel only if necessary as motorists became stuck in snowdrifts and floods. Blizzard warning over heavy snow 2010-03-30T22:38:00Z Forget valiant distribution efforts and lorries stuck in snowdrifts. Farewell, unique users ? killed by the paywall 2010-03-21T00:05:00Z The storm left wind-whipped snowdrifts of a foot or more throughout the city, and transformed Broadway into a cross-country ski track. New York Cancels Classes as Blizzard Hammers Northeast 2010-02-26T12:48:00Z As the GOP leader there, McConnell strands Democrats in snowdrifts of parliamentary procedure and nasty talking points. 2010-02-12T21:33:00Z Fifteen stations will remain closed because of snowdrifts on the tracks. 2010-02-09T05:00:00Z Behind him, police officers inspected the crumpled chassis of incinerated cars and pulled at the rubble that piled like a snowdrift at the office’s demolished entrance. 2010-01-27T07:34:00Z German national rail operator Deutsche Bahn said several passenger trains became stuck in snowdrifts and a number of local rail routes in the north were canceled. 2010-01-10T17:17:00Z Additionally, more than two feet of snow was on the ground in Nebraska and Iowa, and Friday's problems were the result of overnight winds that caused snowdrifts on the roads. 2010-01-08T20:29:00Z For seventeen miles of the distance the guards had from time to time to go across the fields to get past the deep snowdrifts. The Bristol Royal Mail Post, Telegraph, and Telephone Hertha pictured him hurrying through the snowy stormy night towards the domestic hearth, and saw him stuck fast in a snowdrift. The Undying Past Another time, one of my snow-shoes, which was stuck into the snowdrift beside the hut, was broken short off by the wind. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 The buckboard was brought to the Wilsons' house with great difficulty during the day, and Buckskin and Rufus had to lend their services to drag it, light as it was, through the terrible snowdrifts. Left on the Prairie When on the following morning they summoned enough courage to open their door, lo, a snowdrift had concealed them from the view of the enemy! The Story of Our Hymns Death is a very intimate acquaintance that may be met in any snowdrift, on any rocky trail; and these conditions are very deadly to any delusions that he has in regard to himself. The Voice of the Pack She staggered and fell in the snowdrifts, got up and pressed on wishing that even a wild animal would scurry past her on the way to its retreat. The Ranch Girls at Rainbow Lodge The Ranch Girls Series On the road from Kamparab to Phari one day, three mules fell over a cliff into a snowdrift, and were almost totally submerged. The Unveiling of Lhasa He was, however, quick enough to clamber up an overhanging bank, and then to get down again into the path beyond the snowdrift. Joseph in the Snow, and The Clockmaker In Three Volumes. Vol. I. To our vast relief, the bed of the pass proved to be broad and open throughout, being clear even of blocking snowdrifts. A Volunteer with Pike The True Narrative of One Dr. John Robinson and of His Love for the Fair Señorita Vallois The darkest day of winter would see her abroad, braving with an almost childish excitement the beating rain and wind, or fighting onward to some lone cabin amongst the hills, through sleet and snowdrift, undeterred! Sir Jasper Carew His Life and Experience For two hours it had been a battle with snowdrift after snowdrift. Chiquita, an American Novel The Romance of a Ute Chief's Daughter No man could draw his bow; he helped with his own hands to clear the snowdrift on the march to Chester. English Costume With that thought flooding her imagination, Jenny fell asleep and lay buried in her deep white pillow like a rosebud in a snowdrift. Carnival For four days we had marched over broken ground and through the snowdrifts in this midwinter cold—four days without food! A Volunteer with Pike The True Narrative of One Dr. John Robinson and of His Love for the Fair Señorita Vallois Now she ran into a tree, now she fell into a snowdrift. The Shoemaker's Apron A Second Book of Czechoslovak Fairy Tales and Folk Tales It never lives in the hovel, where the snowdrift lodges in the chimney and the rain beats upon the bed of straw!' One Of Them I believe he is really at his cosiest when lying in a snowdrift on a winter's day with his petticoats around him and only his horns showing. To Lhassa at Last Soon he began to tingle, and laughed out to cheer the others when he tumbled head over heels into a snowdrift. The Three Mulla-mulgars Staring beyond, over a snowdrift, I caught sight of a little herd of buffaloes advancing at an angle to our course. A Volunteer with Pike The True Narrative of One Dr. John Robinson and of His Love for the Fair Señorita Vallois Then she seated him beside her in the sledge, and as she wrapped the fur about him, he felt as if he were sinking into a snowdrift. Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales First Series They dug into the snowdrifts, poked into the brushwood, scouted into the forest in the faint hope of finding something that would cast light on Horace's fate. Northern Diamonds I went to the window opposite, and opened it very carefully, no wider than I had to, and launched it safely out into a snowdrift. The Frontier Boys in the Sierras Or, The Lost Mine She pointed her white hands to heaven, And she gave back to Mary Mother Her tired soul as white as the snowdrift. Montezuma An Epic on the Origin and Fate of the Aztec Nation He opened the window, and a thin snowdrift came slanting in, borne on a cutting north wind; he closed it hastily, and shuddered as he thought of the long and lonely march before him. The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life I was feared that ye would be having to spend the night in a snowdrift. The Boy Scouts in A Trapper's Camp But his brother, the fierce and cruel Kabibonokka, lived among the eternal ice caves and the snowdrifts of the north. The Story of Hiawatha Adapted from Longfellow Suddenly a figure is seen emerging from the heavy snowdrift at the full speed of his horse; another, and another, follow him in quick succession. Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume II He suddenly remembered about his rice and hurried back to find it boiling, bulging over the top like a small snowdrift. Si Klegg, Book 1 (of 6) His Transformation From A Raw Recruit To A Veteran The years vanished like a May snowdrift, and because they had known each other once they found each other now. The Life of Nancy You often find the greenest grass under a snowdrift; and though my uncle's mind was not exactly of the flower garden kind, still there was an abundance of wholesome and kindly vegetation there. The May Flower, and Miscellaneous Writings At 8000 feet we struck our first snowdrift, into which the donkeys sank up to their bodies. Across Asia on a Bicycle Too late! too late!—the snowdrift has concealed the advance, and the wild horsemen of the desert ride down on the brave ranks. Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume II Meantime, the precious moments slipped by, while the young Montgomery was forcing his way through the darkness and the huge snowdrifts, along the shores of the St. Lawrence. Hero Stories from American History For Elementary Schools But just as they bent down to take the rose a big dense snowdrift came and carried them away. East of the Sun and West of the Moon Old Tales from the North "A couple of days more staving round in the snowdrifts and I'll be ready," he announced, and Joshua began to pack up. The Come Back It was snowing to purpose, the country all white, and ourselves walking snowdrifts, when the first glimmer of the morning showed us an inn upon the highwayside. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) A cold wind drove the snowdrift in fitful gusts before it, and the deep roads made our progress slow and difficult. Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume II In the winter, when it is very cold, they burrow into a snowdrift to pass the night. Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography, Vol. 1, No. 6 June, 1897 As if beckoned by those who had gone before, I half-floated between the titanic snowdrifts, quivering and afraid, into the sightless vortex of the unimaginable. Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 Against the rolling snowdrifts appeared a line, at first grotesquely dwarfed under the mock suns of the eastern sky veiled in a soft frost fog. The "Adventurers of England" on Hudson Bay A Chronicle of the Fur Trade in the North (Volume 18 of the Chronicles of Canada) At first he could move only a bit of the great bulk, sprawled like a snowdrift under the sheet. The Cup of Fury A Novel of Cities and Shipyards They seemed to have an open road too, while we were plunging through deep snowdrifts, my feet already dragging along their tops. Trail Tales He travelled slowly across Lake Winnipeg, over rough ice and through deep snowdrifts, with no protection from the bitter winds. Pathfinders of the Great Plains A Chronicle of La Vérendrye and his Sons It was this way: Mrs. Hamlin ran till she fell in a snowdrift. At the Crossroads It was twenty-five miles of half broken road and snowdrifts to Lowville and the railroad. The Shepherd of the North To the northern delegates there was something almost magical in the sudden change from snowdrifts and nipping winds to balmy air and a temperature like June. The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume V They would sometimes find, sifted through cracks in the old walls, a little snowdrift on their quilt. Whittier-land A Handbook of North Essex, Containing Many Anecdotes of and Poems by John Greenleaf Whittier Never Before Collected. When they heard of the execution, his army melted from him like a snowdrift. History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Death of Elizabeth. Vol. II. Mary-Clare was born in that snowdrift, and the mother died there! At the Crossroads When ready to make camp I selected a snowdrift three or four feet deep, and with my web shovel dug a triangular hole, about seven feet long on each side. A Mountain Boyhood But Skadi did not believe his words—for Sigi's eyes looked sideways as he spoke—and he sent and searched the woods, and the body of Bredi was found in a snowdrift. Told by the Northmen: Stories from the Eddas and Sagas It is now much longer than it was in Whittier's youth, but two thirds of it towards the road is the old part to which the boys tunneled through the snowdrift— ... Whittier-land A Handbook of North Essex, Containing Many Anecdotes of and Poems by John Greenleaf Whittier Never Before Collected. Winter sees the whole picture decorated with bizarre snowdrifts from twenty to forty feet deep, but spring comes early. Astounding Stories of Super-Science April 1930 All this while, the mother stood on the threshold, wondering how a little girl could look so much like a flying snowdrift, or how a snowdrift could look so very like a little girl. Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) Folk-Lore, Fables, And Fairy Tales There were immense, dirty "snowdrifts" that never diminished, but appeared to be perpetual. A Mountain Boyhood No, that is only Slocum's marble yard, with the finished and unfinished work heaped up like snowdrifts—a cemetery in embryo. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. X (of X) - America - II, Index With that the two Eskimos plodded out through the snowdrifts; the man carrying the child in his arms. The Trail of a Sourdough Life in Alaska Lo, under the trees meanwhile the snowdrifts had melted, and little green leaves were poking up through the frozen ground. The Book of Saints and Friendly Beasts Kay did as he was told, but he felt as if he had fallen into a snowdrift. Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) Folk-Lore, Fables, And Fairy Tales I landed in a snowdrift featherbed which, while it broke my fall, almost buried me alive. A Mountain Boyhood They rippled like snowdrifts painted with light and shadow. Shaman In front was a small snowdrift, looking over which father and son could just make out the two bears, as they squatted on the ground between the firs. Dave Porter in the Far North or, The Pluck of an American Schoolboy Then with his arms full,—what with this and his apples and the blessed staff,—he floundered back through the snowdrifts to the monastery. The Book of Saints and Friendly Beasts On and on through snowdrifts, bounding over ditches, rushing down hills, faster and faster they flew. Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) Folk-Lore, Fables, And Fairy Tales On those first winter excursions to the heights I marveled at the deep snowdrifts banked in the heavy Englemann forests just below timberline. A Mountain Boyhood The shambling tread of the bear, or whatever it was, had brought it closer, and she saw that it was all white, glittering in the moonlight like a snowdrift. Shaman What should he do next—go on or search the immense snowdrift for his father's body? Dave Porter in the Far North or, The Pluck of an American Schoolboy The mill wheel moved no more; great icicles hung from the paddles and long snowdrifts lay piled against the dam. Little Jack Rabbit's Adventures First it was a great snowdrift, then a dive across a trembling culvert. Ralph on the Overland Express The Trials and Triumphs of a Young Engineer Then he and Rover, the Big Shepherd Dog, went across the field to the snowdrifts in the fence corners. Bobby of Cloverfield Farm Someone might be crouching behind one of the long snowdrifts that rippled across the prairie like waves on a lake. Shaman And o'er the green grave of the snowdrift The nest-building robins will sing. Poems with Power to Strengthen the Soul All of them at this place are dwarfed, many distorted, some crushed to the earth, flattened out upon the ground like pressed flowers, by the snowdrifts that have so long lain upon them. Wild Life on the Rockies They had struck an immense snowdrift obliquely, but the fireman’s side caught the brunt. Ralph on the Overland Express The Trials and Triumphs of a Young Engineer There were the snowdrifts like mountains and castles along the fences. Bobby of Cloverfield Farm Ahead, the leeward sides of the wickiups were rows of snowdrifts, all the same size. Shaman As for Paul himself, he most of all regretted the fact that on account of the deep snowdrifts and the bitter cold he would probably be unable to get any more flashlight pictures. The Banner Boy Scouts Snowbound A Tour on Skates and Iceboats On the way home next day Sullivan had much difficulty in getting the loaded burro through the snowdrifts, and when within a mile of the cabin, they stuck fast. Wild Life on the Rockies The three of them floundered through the snowdrifts to the station, laughing and shouting with a merriment that proved infectious. What's-His-Name Henry Burns, slipping quietly away from the farmhouse on the hill, tramped joyously through the snowdrifts to the highway, "caught a ride" on a sledge going in to Benton and started homeward. The Rival Campers Ashore The Mystery of the Mill His hands, cold as if they'd been plunged into a snowdrift, had rested on his loaded rifle and his pistol. Shaman Out of the morning land, Over the snowdrifts, Beautiful Freya came Tripping to Scoring. Myths of the Norsemen From the Eddas and Sagas At a turn in the trail he looked back and saw the bears clawing and smelling the snow on which the provisions had lain while he was getting the burro out of the snowdrift. Wild Life on the Rockies She got partly into the saddle, clung there for a few harrowing seconds, and then went over his head and plump into a snowdrift beside the stable. The Ranch at the Wolverine Borwick, the musician of the Company, looked like a snow image; Darwin and the Old Bird were locked in each other's arms, and had an impromptu and friendly wrestling match in a snowdrift. Life in a Tank Students who dwelt in the city tramped through snowdrifts to the cold College classrooms. McGill and its Story, 1821-1921 It would have been a short run but for the fact that they reached a deep snowdrift that would carry the man, and would not carry the Elk. Wild Animals at Home In the neighborhood of a snowdrift, at an altitude of twelve thousand feet, I one day gathered in a small area one hundred and forty-two varieties of plants. Wild Life on the Rockies Joe found the road to Deep Rock Cut fully as bad, in the matter of snowdrifts, as he had expected. Baseball Joe in the Big League or, A Young Pitcher's Hardest Struggles There was a snowdrift six feet in depth before the farmhouse piazza. When Life Was Young At the Old Farm in Maine Indeed, I think we would better sit down here on this snowdrift, and talk matters over.” Humorous Ghost Stories Against strong advice he resolved to push on to Falmouth, distant at least fourteen miles by road, the roads almost impassable with snowdrifts. The Cornwall Coast The next day I climbed several peaks, took 124 many photographs, measured many snowdrifts, and made many notes in my notebook. Wild Life on the Rockies He had run his car—Mid was always driving a car—into a snowdrift, and wandered a couple of miles through a blizzard in search of help. Night Bombing with the Bedouins Stumpy pulled someone out of a snowdrift—then he fell into one himself, unnoticed. Norman Ten Hundred A Record of the 1st (Service) Bn. Royal Guernsey Light Infantry Who charged through the snowdrifts around Quebec but Montgomery, a Celt. Donahoe's Magazine, Volume 15, No. 2, February 1886 In this way they pass over a great extent of country, and by the acuteness of their scent discover if any one is buried in the snowdrift. Anecdotes of Dogs A few cloudlets of snowdrifts and a scattering of mere tufts of snow stood out distinctly on this big, bare slope. Wild Life on the Rockies Big white presents piled like a snowdrift all around the base of the tree! Fairy Prince and Other Stories Yet it could scarcely be called a snowstorm, for there was no wind, not a single whiff, and therefore, of course, no snowdrifts. Her Mother's Secret It’s the first evening we’ve had to ourselves since the big snowdrift under the front windows melted. The Indifference of Juliet I am afraid Malta’s sagacity and little paws would hardly have sufficed to dig you out of a snowdrift before life was extinct. Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster They were so nearly out of supplies 218 that they could not wait for snowdrifts to melt out of the trail. Wild Life on the Rockies The dense columns had shrunk to companies, the companies to driblets, which finally fled westward to the hills, leaving the field white with jibbeh-clad corpses like a landscape dotted with snowdrifts. Khartoum Campaign, 1898 or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan At last, one day in the depth of winter, when the hills were white with whirling snowdrifts, Elijah Trevorrow disappeared. Drolls From Shadowland "I hope you won't play the lost lamb to her snowdrift!" he sneered, in a way that I resented. Pharaoh's Broker Being the Very Remarkable Experiences in Another World of Isidor Werner "How could an auto pull a stalled train out of a snowdrift?" asked Tom. The Curlytops and Their Playmates or Jolly Times Through the Holidays They were attacked by Red Indians, and decimated by sickness; they strayed into wrong paths where no food was to be found; they were buried in snowdrifts; and many of them perished. Modern Saints and Seers Untrodden snowdrifts were heaped about the front door, so he turned towards the kitchen and walked slowly past the bare lilac trees along the fence. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1902 to 1903 He passes slowly, lingeringly, seeming to pause outside of my window, as if my casement enshrined that form like the snowdrift and that throat like the swan's. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 26, August, 1880 of Popular Literature and Science The rag carpet was brilliant with scarlet, blue, and green; the furniture showed no smallest speck of dust; the bed looked like a snowdrift. Hildegarde's Holiday a story for girls In her thoughts she could see this stalwart woodsman of hers camping somewhere in the snowdrifts, blanketless, staying awake through the bitter night to mend the fire, and perhaps in trouble. The Snowshoe Trail It conquers amid the snowdrifts of the North, where the grand army of Napoleon found its winding sheet. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Eleventh Annual Meeting Washington, D. C. October 7 and 8, 1920 The trouble was this: Mrs. Rabbit wouldn't let Jimmy play in the snowdrifts unless he wore his red leggins. The Tale of Jimmy Rabbit Sleepy-TimeTales At the rocky headlands there were still, however, considerable snowdrifts, and from the heights we could see that considerable masses of ice were still drifting along the Asiatic side of Behring's Straits. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II The average newspaperman would have sneered at these plains printing outfits, and thrown the junk out on the prairie to be buried under the snowdrifts; but not many of us were eligible to the title. Land of the Burnt Thigh The snow was like the finest powder, driving through every crack and nail hole, and piling snowdrifts within the houses as well as without. Roosevelt in the Bad Lands He was buried under a mighty snowdrift, that might collapse and stifle him at any instant. The Camp in the Snow, or, Besieged by Danger Of the howling storm there was not a trace, save the fresh snowdrifts. The Cryptogram A Story of Northwest Canada Even this shallow stream heaped snowdrifts everywhere where there was any protection from the wind, and buried more certainly, if less rapidly, than the drifting snow of the storm, exposed objects and trampled footpaths. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II But suddenly a snowdrift stirs, And what from its recess appears? Eugene Oneguine [Onegin] A Romance of Russian Life in Verse Go out every day, if it's only to the corner market, and if you have to wade through snowdrifts. The Woman Beautiful or, The Art of Beauty Culture The walking was mostly over smooth ice, though here and there was a formidable snowdrift piled up by an eddying wind. The Camp in the Snow, or, Besieged by Danger Three sunny days on the edge of the snowdrift will bring it forth. Woodland Tales “Godfrey should turn aside to see an horse, or to tilt at any jousting that lay in his path; and Matthew, I cast no doubt, should lose your Grace’s letter in a snowdrift.” The White Lady of Hazelwood A Tale of the Fourteenth Century It wound round a rugged cliff, under the shelter of which the houses nestled as if for protection from the cold winds and the snowdrifts that took special delight in revelling there. Wrecked but not Ruined Like a great bird—or a huge batfish leaping from the sea—the ice boat shot out on a long curve from the summit of the hard-packed snowdrift. Janice Day at Poketown "Just look at that wall of snow, will you?" and he pointed ahead, where a snowdrift was all of five feet high and rapidly growing higher. The Rover Boys on Snowshoe Island or, The Old Lumberman's Treasure Box Crawl into some hole or bird-house, maybe? or dive into a snowdrift? as many native birds do. Woodland Tales The road was filled with freshly made, huge snowdrifts, which greatly impeded our progress. The Land of the Long Night Its inmates, with their faithful dogs, Are truly friends in need When snowdrifts block the traveler's way, And blinding storms mislead. Chatterbox Stories of Natural History The innumerable gannets sitting on their nests gave the island the appearance of a snowdrift; and we soon had all the eggs that we needed lowered by a line. A Labrador Doctor The Autobiography of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell I thought I could work my way around these snowdrifts, the same as I did when I came over to town after you. The Rover Boys on Snowshoe Island or, The Old Lumberman's Treasure Box In the winter, they jumped into fleecy snowdrifts and rolled until their little bronze bodies took on a red-raspberry tint. Stories the Iroquois Tell Their Children In the morning the snow swirled to an immense height, hiding everything from sight; the whole country was enveloped in a thick cloud; the huge snowdrifts were carried hither and thither. The Land of the Long Night Before daybreak the storm died away, and only the snowdrifts, packed hard and high, gave evidence of the night's fury. The Second Chance You saw them blindly groping for the caches they had made but yesterday and now fathoms deep under the snowdrift. The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance The exertion of plowing through the snowdrifts had tired him dreadfully, and he was trembling in the legs so that he could scarcely stand. The Rover Boys on Snowshoe Island or, The Old Lumberman's Treasure Box Like roses blooming in a snowdrift, so puffs and pies and kickshaws of all rarest sorts appeared upon a dazzling white tablecloth, and then—disappeared. Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2 The lights of the house flashed out upon the snowdrifts, and upon the glittering, frozen sleet. The Lady of the Ice A Novel A few hours after, came a Siberian viuga, or snowdrift, from the north-east, whistling about our ears till seeing or hearing was impossible. Anecdotes of the Habits and Instinct of Animals He floundered to his armpits in a snowdrift. The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance On all sides could be seen snowdrifts and ridges of snow piled in curiously fantastic shapes. The Rover Boys on Snowshoe Island or, The Old Lumberman's Treasure Box There is, of course, a bitterly substantial basis for this feeling, as the dozens of stiffened forms whose only winding-sheet was the curling snowdrift, or whose coffin the frozen sleet, bear ghastly witness. Preventable Diseases There was nothing but a general mixture of ice heaps, slush, thawing snowdrifts, bare ground, and soft mud. The Lady of the Ice A Novel I'm glad the snowdrifts shut me in, for I have had a chance to see How fortunate I've been to have that sort of soul to counsel me. The Path to Home For which crack I gets shoved into a snowdrift. The House of Torchy "Yes, and I'm all tired out from wading through those snowdrifts," added Slugger. The Rover Boys on Snowshoe Island or, The Old Lumberman's Treasure Box The first deafening roar of the blast drowned the shout; but before the snowdrift blinded him, Lawrence had observed the wave of the hand and the anxious look. The Rover of the Andes A Tale of Adventure on South America He sat down on a snowdrift; Ian kicked off his snowshoes and leaned against the bank. The Red Man's Revenge A Tale of The Red River Flood Down it came before long, strong and bitterly cold, tearing up the surface of the sea, and sending the foam flying like vast snowdrifts before it. Will Weatherhelm The Yarn of an Old Sailor There in the snow lay the enormous black form, and close beside it in a snowdrift, still nicely wrapped in its blanket, was the child, apparently without a scratch upon it. Black Bruin The Biography of a Bear "Great watermelons!" cried Andy, as he pitched headfirst into a snowdrift. The Rover Boys on Snowshoe Island or, The Old Lumberman's Treasure Box At last a friendly gust sent it into a snowdrift, through which Quashy plunged and captured it. The Rover of the Andes A Tale of Adventure on South America Everybody was on the look-out for some inn by the way, when the vehicle stuck fast in a snowdrift, and it took two hours to get it out. The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Vol. 1 Boule de Suif and Other Stories Behold! a wonderful fairy sleigh, white as a snowdrift, and shining in the moonlight as if covered with diamond dust. Our American Holidays: Lincoln's Birthday A Comprehensive View of Lincoln as Given in the Most Noteworthy Essays, Orations and Poems, in Fiction and in Lincoln's Own Writings This now merely looked like a white snowdrift that some freak of the wind had piled upon the mountainside. Black Bruin The Biography of a Bear Sometimes, where the snowdrifts were deep, when they attempted to pass over, they somehow or other would get the snowshoes so tangled up that over they would go on their heads. Winter Adventures of Three Boys On the railroads in Minnesota and Dacota we were detained by snowdrifts, which so blocked up our way that we had some very unpleasant experiences. By Canoe and Dog-Train The wind was so cold she got up to shut the window, and her bare feet walked into a snowdrift. Peggy in Her Blue Frock About daybreak the general spied an officer on horseback toiling through the snowdrifts toward him. For Love of Country A Story of Land and Sea in the Days of the Revolution "Unless you want us to beat you up and simply throw you outside into a snowdrift." The Grammar School Boys Snowbound or, Dick & Co. at Winter Sports “Do they go back to the same snowdrifts night after night?” asked Frank. Winter Adventures of Three Boys We were glad enough to let them live, away up here among the snowdrifts, where they seemed to like to be. Pluck on the Long Trail Boy Scouts in the Rockies All this journey we waded and plunged through snowdrifts. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People The train had become stalled in the immense snowdrifts at the Point-of-the-Mountain and there we overtook it. A Canyon Voyage The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the Explorations on Land, in the Years 1871 and 1872 No silly vision should drag him across a snowdrift on such a night. The Secret of the Storm Country The guide on his snowshoes, in tramping out the trail had near the bottom made a little turn to the left in order to escape the deepest snowdrift which the wind had there piled up. Winter Adventures of Three Boys He essayed several fantastic steps over the frozen ground, stubbed his toe on a projecting root and lunged forward, falling heavily into a huge snowdrift, his hands and face plowing into the snow. Grace Harlowe's Third Year at Overton College They had pulled Anne out of a snowdrift and she was leaning limply against Jessica, trying to collect her senses. Grace Harlowe's Plebe Year at High School The Merry Doings of the Oakdale Freshmen Girls Not a wing Or note enlivened the depressing wood, A soiled and sullen, stubborn snowdrift stood Beside the roadway. Custer, and Other Poems. But spring came as is its wont; the great snowdrifts yielded to the demands of the sun and southern winds and the returning flights of birds heralded the change of seasons. David Lannarck, Midget An Adventure Story In fact, where the bright, blazing fire was so cheerily throwing out its heat and warmth when they were tucked in by the faithful Indian, now a great snowdrift occupied the very spot. Winter Adventures of Three Boys "That is exactly what you are," was Hippy's calm retort from the snowdrift, "'an ordinary human being.'" Grace Harlowe's Third Year at Overton College If I am cold and seek furs Alaska is as near as the next snowdrift. The Voice of the Machines An Introduction to the Twentieth Century Hand in hand they skipped down the street as noiselessly as snowbirds in the snowdrift and as gracefully as two windblown leaves. Pearl and Periwinkle But Uncle Tad had pulled him down to a walk and guided him into the snowdrift just in time. Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue in the Sunny South Strong south winds blew frequently, and under their magic influences the great snowdrifts rapidly lessened and then disappeared. Winter Adventures of Three Boys March winds had cleared the trail of snowdrifts, but the forests were still leafless. Canada: the Empire of the North Being the Romantic Story of the New Dominion's Growth from Colony to Kingdom Just outside of this a little way, it would be perfectly empty star, all in a swirl of snowdrifts. The Voice of the Machines An Introduction to the Twentieth Century During those nights it froze five inches thick, and filled with snowdrift, all of which had to be cleared out every morning. A Busy Year at the Old Squire's "It was just like the time when I was under the snowdrift, only it wasn't so cold," Bunny said, telling about his accident afterward. Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue in the Sunny South I cannot help thinking that a fellow who could plan and carry out that escape would hardly be likely to lose his life in a snowdrift. With Frederick the Great A Story of the Seven Years' War When the bodies of Montgomery and his fellow-comrades in death were found under the snowdrifts, they were reverently removed, and interred with the honors of war just inside St. Louis Gate. Canada: the Empire of the North Being the Romantic Story of the New Dominion's Growth from Colony to Kingdom I do not pretend to say in so many words if the sun grew feeble, just what the man would do, down in his snowdrifts. The Voice of the Machines An Introduction to the Twentieth Century During the winter a great snowdrift, seven or eight feet deep, had lodged in the brook; and the recent freshet had merely cut a channel beneath it, leaving a frozen arch that spanned the torrent. A Busy Year at the Old Squire's Prince pranced a little as he heard another locomotive coming toward him, but he did not try to run away again nor jump through the snowdrift. Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue in the Sunny South Here, the day began to break, and he would not trust farther to the short-sightedness of Federal officials; so he looked out for a soft place in a snowdrift, and leapt out, alighting without injury. Border and Bastille The corpses are hidden in snowdrifts or crammed through ice holes in the river with shot weighted to their feet. Canada: the Empire of the North Being the Romantic Story of the New Dominion's Growth from Colony to Kingdom Out they ran, with a hop-skip-and-jump, into the heart of a huge snowdrift. Tell Me Another Story The Book of Story Programs We thought the world a stream run dry; but lo! the bed is full of waters, flooded from remote hills, where snowdrifts melt and make perpetual rivers. A Hero and Some Other Folks Bunny had a glimpse of torn papers and other refuse from the car falling into the snowdrift near the sleigh. Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue in the Sunny South This as we were all upset into a snowdrift, the sleigh being three parts overturned, and our Jehu precipitated in the opposite direction. Russia As Seen and Described by Famous Writers |
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