hailstone

Example Sentences

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He posted photos on X showing one home with its roof torn off and another missing roof shingles, as well as an image of a baseball-sized hailstone.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 15, 2024

That is, the hailstone Mr. Scott collected in 2010, which measured eight inches across and weighed nearly two pounds, was no longer the largest ever recorded.

From New York Times • Sep. 5, 2022

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

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