hailing

Example Sentences

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A new wave of settlers – pastoralist-farmers hailing ultimately from the Russian steppe – began to infiltrate the Rhine area in the form of the Corded Ware culture.

From Science Daily • May 30, 2026

In its original incarnation, it featured Rahma hailing a yellow cab and instructing the driver to take him to a favorite local haunt.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

“Non-viewers of CNN are missing a lot. There are so many reasons to watch,” Los Angeles Times critic Howard Rosenberg wrote in 1986, hailing the 6-year-old channel as an “institution.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

It resonated because when Mainoo scored his 77th-minute winner at Old Trafford, the stadium announcer made a point of hailing the homegrown, local-born 21-year-old, who signed his new long-term contract on Thursday.

From BBC • May 3, 2026

When it stopped hailing and raining, the hot day had suddenly turned cool.

From "Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe" by Benjamin Alire Saenz