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The earliest recorded appearance of the word blizzard meaning “a severe snowstorm” was in the April 23, 1870 issue of a newspaper published in Estherville, Iowa. Blizzard shows up again during the following years in several newspapers in Iowa and neighboring states, and by 1888, when a snowstorm paralyzed the Eastern seaboard, the word was well-known nationally. However, in other senses, the word blizzard existed earlier. Davy Crockett, for instance, used it twice in the 1830s, once to mean a rifle blast and once to mean for a blast of words. All of these uses seem related, but the ultimate origin of the word is still unclear.
Examples of blizzard in a Sentence
John Yoo and John Shu, Newsweek, 23 Jan. 2025
Lousiana, which had never before seen a blizzard warning, got up to 10 inches of snow in some areas on Tuesday, while some parts of Alabama saw 9.5 inches, Florida saw up to 8.8 inches, Texas up to 6 and Georgia up to 8.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2025
The book’s heroes, a quartet of lifelong friends from King’s favored town of Derry, contend with the alien invaders in the woods of Maine amid an overwhelming blizzard, which gives the story its suitably chilling backdrop.
—Calum Marsh, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025
And the National Weather Service in Lake Charles, Louisiana, issued its first-ever blizzard warning.
—NBC News, 22 Jan. 2025
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“Blizzard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blizzard. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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