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Used with adjectives:
"
The trees were covered in thick snow."
(thick, heavy, fine, light, powdery, slushy, soft)
"
It's really hard to walk on frozen snow."
(frozen, compacted, hard, icy, packed)
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The children were playing in the melting snow."
(melting, melted, wet, new, newly fallen, fresh, dirty)
"
We celebrated the first snow of the winter."
(first)
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The ski resort had to use artificial snow for skiing."
(artificial, fake)
Used with verbs:
"
Our cars were completely covered in snow."
(covered)
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I told my son to shovel the snow."
(shovel, plow, clear, sweep)
"
All the snow started to melt when the sun came out."
(melt, thaw)
"
We are expecting snow tomorrow."
(be + expecting)
"
Southern California never gets snow."
(gets, has)
"
I walked through the snow in the mountain."
(walked, hiked)
"
The snow is coming down hard."
(be + coming down, be + falling)
Used with nouns:
"
We've had snow flurries all day."
(flurries, showers)
"
The snow conditions were excellent for skiing."
(conditions)
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He used a snow shovel to clear the way."
(shovel, plow)
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You need snow chains to go up the mountain."
(chains, tires)
Used with prepositions:
"
We walked across the snow to their house."
(across)
"
The children love playing in the snow."
(in)
"
We hiked through the heavy snow."
(through)
"
Our cars were buried under the snow."
(under)