hailstone
Example Sentences
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"These things do sometimes happen, something may have struck the window, for example a bird, a large hailstone, it's not unheard of".
From BBC • Jan. 13, 2024
A person holds up a hailstone during a hailstorm in Girona, Spain August 30, 2022.
From Reuters • Aug. 31, 2022
In April, a monster, record-setting hailstone roughly 6.4 inches in diameter fell in her forecast area.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 2, 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 sky hurled hailstone after hailstone onto my field.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
Vocabulary lists containing hailstone
Weather and Climate - Introductory
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