Sentence examples for thick layer of snow from inspiring English sources

Beyond my window, a thick layer of snow covered the ledge.

WHEN TO GO From October to May, Lapland is under a thick layer of snow and turns into a winter wonderland.

CHICAGO — Ice storms, then a thick layer of snow and finally a raging, blinding wind paralyzed parts of the nation's middle section over the weekend, stranding holiday travelers in roadside motels and shelters and leaving at least 19 people dead.

Even as the Washington area emerges out of its thick layer of snow, measuring two feet deep in some areas, this weekend's blizzard, although deserving, will not rank in the top five snowstorms on record.

In the novel Raven Black by Ann Cleeves, from which the first two-part story of Shetland (BBC1) is adapted, it's winter and the islands are covered in a thick layer of snow when a girl's body is discovered.

— ANDY NEWMAN A powerful northeaster pushing through the New York area has blanketed the region with a thick layer of snow that is more than seven inches deep in some places.

The resulting plume of volcanic material turned daytime into darkness and blanketed the landscape for hundreds of miles in a thick layer of snow-white ash.

The narrow Indian Falls trail we followed wound through stunted pines bowing under the thick layers of snow like a wedding cake frosted by a tipsy baker.

Krueger said all of the snowboarders had been equipped with avalanche gear, including beacons designed to transmit their location through thick layers of snow.

The report notes that warmer winters in the Northwest have reduced snowpack, the thick layers of snow that would form in the mountains over winter and melt through spring and summer.

Here she is beginning to forget the names for simple things and put pots and pans away in the fridge: but a residual self-awareness means that the thick layers of snow settling on the landscape have become unbearable metaphors for the gradual obliteration of her memory.