hailstorm

[ heyl-stawrm ]

/ ˈheɪlˌstɔrm /

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Origin of hailstorm

First recorded in 1675–85; hail² + storm

Words nearby hailstorm

hail from, hailing distance, Hail Mary, Hailsham of St Marylebone, hailstone, hailstorm, “Hail to the Chief”, Hailwood, haimish, Hainan, Hainan Strait

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How to use hailstorm in a sentence

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe is crashing through a hailstorm of dust as it hurtles towards the sun at awe-inspiring speed.
The fastest human-made object vaporizes space dust on contact|Leto Sapunar|November 10, 2021|Popular-Science
On July 13, 1788, one of the most severe hailstorms in recorded history swept across France.
Climate Chaos Helped Spark the French Revolution—and Holds a Dire Warning for Today|Mike Duncan|October 20, 2021|Time
Seemingly a bushel of arugula shows up with a hailstorm of pistachios, goat cheese crumbles and juicy blackberries.
2021 Fall Dining Guide|Tom Sietsema|October 6, 2021|Washington Post
To outsiders, the Delaneys appear to have everything — a happy marriage, towering height and athletic prowess — but, like the women of “Big Little Lies,” also cope with epic dysfunction and a hailstorm of secrets.
Liane Moriarty writes women’s fiction. Have a problem with that? She doesn’t.|Karen Heller|September 10, 2021|Washington Post

They cause intense heat waves followed by heavy rains and hailstorms.
Anticyclone Lucifer is bringing record-breaking temperatures to Italy|Monroe Hammond|August 12, 2021|Popular-Science
“God is great,” says a man who follows the hailstorm from his doorway.
Gay Syrian Blogger a Hoax?|Asne Seierstad|June 6, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Car owners will thus know when to postpone trips, or to pull off the road when a hailstorm is approaching.
E.L. Rothschild and Weather Central Launch MyWeather|Lizzie Crocker|May 16, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Most unluckily the weather began to cloud over, and soon a sharp hailstorm began, with every indication of a fog.
Life of John Coleridge Patteson|Charlotte M. Yonge
I hope we shall give our northern enemies that hailstorm of bullets which gives our dear country the dominion of the sea.
The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson|Robert Southey
He sat, propped up on the bed, watching the morning sun melt the night's hailstorm into the fields.
Deathworld|Harry Harrison
The bullets rained as thick in the water as you ever saw a hailstorm.
Reports of the Committee on the Conduct of the War|United States Senate
Through a hailstorm we flew to the long-loved aerodrome at Luxeuil.
'Green Balls'|Paul Bewsher

British Dictionary definitions for hailstorm

hailstorm

/ (ˈheɪlˌstɔːm) /

noun

a storm during which hail falls

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hailstorm

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