hailstone
Example Sentences
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A 20-month-old child has died in Spain after being struck on the head by a hailstone.
From BBC • Aug. 31, 2022
A person holds up a hailstone during a hailstorm in Girona, Spain August 30, 2022.
From Reuters • Aug. 31, 2022
In April, a monster, record-setting hailstone roughly 6.4 inches in diameter fell in her forecast area.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 2, 2021
The current world record for a hailstone is 8 inches across, or about the size of a volleyball.
From Fox News • May 5, 2020
A large hailstone can hurt you as much as a rock or a lump of lead if it is thrown hard enough—and my goodness, how those Cloud-Men could throw!
From "James and the Giant Peach" by Roald Dahl
Vocabulary lists containing hailstone
Weather and Climate - Introductory
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