pelting

Example Sentences

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A man’s voice cut through the rain pelting the pitch-black Caribbean Sea, just audible between two boats tossed around by 10-foot waves.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025

And about 2:25 p.m. as I passed Forest Lawn Cemetery in the Hollywood Hills on the 134 Freeway, tiny white balls began pelting my wildshield.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 2, 2024

The weather had improved in the hour or so before kick-off but it's pelting down again now.

From BBC • Apr. 26, 2024

Two years later, a shop selling musical instruments opened in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, her hometown, and An became a fixture there, pelting the owner with questions.

From New York Times • Apr. 4, 2024

They took turns poking each other on the chest, giggling, pelting each other with bread crumbs, whispering things the others couldn’t hear.

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini