pelting

Example Sentences

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Pelting rain greeted us as we entered Kandy, once its own independent kingdom on the island until it fell victim to British colonial power in the early 19th century.

From New York Times • Jan. 30, 2019

Pelting ice particles clattered resoundingly against the metal helmets: frozen moisture from the escaping air of Antrid.

From The Copper-Clad World by Vincent, Harl

Lotus-floe 'neath the Barrier brink, Starting sheer—a marble blink- Pelting shafts from the show'ring arrow-blast Strike—ill the blackened flood seethe riven past.

From The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 by Mawson, Douglas, Sir

Pelting my ears as I ran were the high-pitched, cackling notes of the Satyr, volley after volley, as he hugged his knees and rocked and weaved in unrestrained delight.

From A Maid of the Kentucky Hills by Litsey, Edwin Carlile

Pelting along at 20 knots in the darkness, her first intimation of the proximity of the crippled Calder was the hiss of steam from her boilers.

From With Beatty off Jutland A Romance of the Great Sea Fight by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)