לדלג לתוכן הראשי

noun

hail

CEFR B2

precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents

In a sentence

Six example sentences with hail, each labelled with its topic.

  • Hikers on the ridge sheltered under a boulder while hail rattled off their packs for ten loud minutes.

    Travel

  • Growers lost the whole apricot crop when hail stripped the blossom during a squall lasting barely four minutes.

    Environment

  • She left the shutter open as hail bounced across the pavement, and the frame filled with bright white streaks.

    Photography

  • Hail forms when updrafts carry droplets high enough to freeze, and each trip through the cloud adds another layer of ice.

    Science

  • Insurers set aside reserves each spring for hail, since a single storm over a suburb can wreck ten thousand cars.

    Finance

  • The clinic's roof uses impact rated shingles, which shrug off hail that would crack ordinary clay tiles.

    Architecture

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