snow-clad
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of snow-clad
First recorded in 1800–10
Example Sentences
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There were "wild areas" in Orissa where investigators had to be accompanied by armed guards through forests; sometimes they had to cross snow-clad high Himalayan passes.
From BBC • Jun. 28, 2022
Ahead, snow-clad, steaming Augustine volcano soared 4,100 feet out of the sea.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 23, 2019
Rising from its lowland valleys like a vision, 4,392-metre Mount Rainier is the highest of all the snow-clad volcanoes of the Cascade Range.
From The Guardian • Oct. 2, 2018
RUNTUNA, Sweden — The cries of “hell!” “hell!” ringing out across a snow-clad landscape attracted a curious crowd of weekend tobogganers.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 30, 2018
Tired though we all were, more particularly Peter, we could not help pausing to marvel at the extraordinary beauty of the snow-clad hills of the west.
From Wild Life in the Land of the Giants A Tale of Two Brothers by Stables, Gordon
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