1 There was a cold snap after Christmas.

2 The warming phase was interrupted by a cold snap in which the first flip from warm to cool took only three years.

3 They seemed to be talking about the recent cold snap.

4 Despite the cold snap, a white Christmas was an unlikely prospect for most people.

5 It's quite a cold snap.

6 We are having a cold snap.

7 When their predictions turn from cold snap to heat wave, say, it can play havoc with the forward price of gas .

8 COLD SNAP: A deer foraged for food as the sun set over Knutsford, England, Tuesday.

9 Fine for a cold snap , but not if you're zooming about in the heat.

10 The cold snap did not lift for a week. Every day we skated through the forest.

11 Ice Floes now also affects Cold Snap and Ice Barrier.

12 Britain is suffering through its longest cold snap since 1981.

13 A prolonged cold snap in Europe is fueling a resurgence in the national pastime.

14 Northern China is a severe cold snap that is putting pressure on vegetable prices.

15 A week into April it snowed deeply, half-thawed,[] and froze in a cold snap.

16 Freeze hits sport HORSE racing will be the sport hardest hit by the cold snap.

17 A bout of selling on the stock exchange, perhaps, or a cold snap that reopens the fuel price issue.

18 Although the Mutton would never sanction wearing long johns as outer wear, they are peerless underwear for "weather events" such as the cold snap we have all endured of late.

19 The safety-first attitude of clubs in postponing matches, despite playable pitches, appears to be undermining the point of undersoil heating, but caution in the face of a cold snap is understandable.

20 EXAMPLE : Spring was quite warm until last week when we had a cold snap.

21 Hunan's Huanghua Airport has been closed since Friday in the worst cold snap in a decade.