pelt
Example Sentences
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Rain pelts the windows and gathers in puddles along the edge of the house.
From Literature
Coal waited a few seconds, then picked up another handful of gravel and got ready to pelt at the window a second time.
From Literature
A table has been set up for us, and we put out the coyote pelt and the stack of handouts I printed at school.
From Literature
The most viral moment came when Joe Wilkinson was giving a mock-serious speech about the RNLI, only to be pelted with a giant ball of pink paint, for no apparent reason.
From BBC
A man’s voice cut through the rain pelting the pitch-black Caribbean Sea, just audible between two boats tossed around by 10-foot waves.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
