sleet
Example Sentences
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Kirsteen said showers and cold air were a "perfect recipe" for sleet and snow.
From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026
A massive winter storm continues to hit large parts of the country, dumping snow, sleet and freezing rain and leaving hundreds of thousands without power in the South.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 31, 2026
Meteorologists said to expect heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 25, 2026
“The system will produce a significant, long-duration winter storm, with widespread heavy snow, sleet, and freezing rain,” the National Weather Service said Friday morning.
From Barron's • Jan. 23, 2026
The sleet had driven the game birds and animals into retirement, and he knew it was useless to hunt.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
