hailstone

Example Sentences

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A 20-month-old child has died in Spain after being struck on the head by a hailstone.

From BBC • Aug. 31, 2022

The record is now an official entry in the World Weather & Climate Extremes Archive, a sort of Guinness World Records for weather that also includes the heaviest hailstone and longest lightening flash.

From Reuters • Dec. 14, 2021

The current world record for a hailstone is 8 inches across, or about the size of a volleyball.

From Fox News • May 5, 2020

The hailstone fell in the yard of Cullman Tribune writer Craig Mann, who saved it before phoning the National Weather Service in Huntsville.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 13, 2018

A large hailstone can hurt you as much as a rock or a lump of lead if it is thrown hard enough—and my goodness, how those Cloud-Men could throw!

From "James and the Giant Peach" by Roald Dahl