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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

EXAMPLE SENTENCES FROM THE WEB

The west wind freshened as the evening came on and dashed fine, sleety rain into their faces.
CALUMET 'K'SAMUEL MERWIN
I was a shivering creature who had been caught in a sleety rain and soaked through to the skin.
WHERE THE PATH BREAKSCHARLES DE CRSPIGNY
The roads were sleety and skiddy, and required careful driving.
THE CUP OF FURYRUPERT HUGHES
It was a bitterly cold, sleety morning—the 11th of March—when we set out from Berlin, leaving behind us, alas!
GEORGE ELIOT'S LIFE, VOL. I (OF 3)GEORGE ELIOT
It was a dark, sleety night, for cold weather had just set in.
RALPH ON THE ENGINEALLEN CHAPMAN
It was a snowy and sleety April morning, and she had already had experience of its rigour. '
A GREAT MANARNOLD BENNETT
Though a drizzly, sleety day, it did not dampen our ardor—nor that of the mosquitos.
IN SEARCH OF A SIBERIAN KLONDIKEHOMER B. HULBERT
Even the taverns have run couples, and up and down the sleety street horses pranced and panted in search of an idle priest.
A HOLIDAY IN BED AND OTHER SKETCHESJ. M. BARRIE
Wave and rock and wind and bergs—separate dangers, allied with night and fog and sleety rain—were blithely encountered.
DOCTOR LUKE OF THE LABRADORNORMAN DUNCAN
When they left the grave, Freke remained standing alone, his hat off, and the sleety rain pelting his bare head.
THROCKMORTONMOLLY ELLIOT SEAWELL

WORDS RELATED TO SLEETY

Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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cause célèbrenoun | [kawz suh-leb-ruh, -leb; French kohz sey-leb-ruh ]SEE DEFINITION