pelt

Example Sentences

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Japan's yukigassen federation emphasises the "mental challenge" posed by the game, in which players on both teams pelt their opponents while taking cover behind shelters.

From Barron's • Feb. 22, 2026

The weak atmosphere and magnetic field also allow carcinogenic cosmic radiation to pelt Mars’s surface: One day spent outdoors there equals about two years of radiation exposure on Earth.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026

By aiming above a wall, they could pelt the town behind it with beehives, scorpions, snakes, flaming pitch, rotten vermin, or excrement.

From Slate • Jul. 7, 2025

"I was going full pelt and not getting anywhere."

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2025

Overhead, the cloud cover was low and gray, striped like a tiger’s pelt.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan