snow-bound

• “Their path took them from the high, arid plateau of Tibet, across mountain trails, glaciers and snow-bound passes into the kingdom of Sikkim.”

  The Huffington Post: Michaela Haas: The Lamp Of The Teachings Shines On: One Of The Greatest Female Tibetan Buddhist Masters Dies

• “Following rival clans at a time of clashing paganism and Christianity, it is a ceaseless flow of ravishing images: nuns clasping doves while climbing to a convent on a hill; the maiden Marketa's white-hooded head resting on her father's shoulder as they drive through a snow-bound landscape; stags glimpsed through trees in the aftermath of violence.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Reality Czech

• “A taboo had seemingly been broken – that of never dropping your axe on snow-bound hills, for then you are helpless.”

  The Guardian: Country diary: Great Langdale, Lake District

• “The novel is told in retrospect from the end-point of the snow-bound winter of 2009, when Dublin has ground to a halt and the streets are empty and blanketed, as if in a faint tribute to the end of Joyce's great story of love, loss, family and nation, "The Dead": "snow was general all over Ireland".”

  The Guardian: The Forgotten Waltz by Anne Enright – review

• “If nothing else, they quickly become lethal where roads are not snow-bound.”

  Forget the weather !

• “Just as Phil Connors in the movie had to keep reliving the same to him boring, tiresome day over and over, so people in rural Pennsylvania had to face the dreariness of endless overcast, snow-bound days.”

  The Huffington Post: Lewis Richmond: Buddhism And Groundhog Day

• “Officials are unveiling the race this year with relatively modest terms, but they hope to position the race as soon as next year as an important destination for snow-bound European teams looking for good roads and warm weather.”

  Tour of South Africa returns; Robbie Hunter hopes for comeback next year

• “If raised army size actually in the field and not on garrison duty (for a period greater than or equal to an entire growing season) exceeds 1% of the supporting population size, the probability of famine within twelve months following is 75% for non-snow-bound cultures and over 90% for snow-bound cultures.”

  When What We Think We Know, Is Actually Wrong at SF Novelists

• “Their glossy wooden flanks provide a warm contrast to the dull, gray-brown bark of the trees that surround the snow-bound meadow.”

  Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » Channeling Characters

• “MONTAGNE: Jenn Wasner used that snow-bound time - when she was trapped inside, feeling stir crazy - to turn inward and further craft the album.”

  NPR: Wye Oak Looks Inward On 'My Neighbor/My Creator'

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