sleet
noun
precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail).
had sleeted
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past perfectof sleet.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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There was one time when I was little, and it had sleeted, and the sun came out just before it set, and seemed to set all the woods on fire.
From An Open-Eyed Conspiracy; an Idyl of Saratoga by William Dean Howells
