hailstones
- plural of hailstone.
Example Sentences
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A camping and caravan park at Dornoch in the Highlands faced flash flooding and large hailstones, while flights at Edinburgh Airport have been disrupted.
From BBC • Jun. 26, 2026
On Monday night, hailstones piled up in doorways, making it impossible to open them and creating dams that pushed rainwater into buildings, he said.
From Seattle Times • May 21, 2024
Preliminary data for 2023 show 6,962 reports, including a significant increase in reports of very large hailstones of two inches or more.
From New York Times • Mar. 22, 2024
Dozens of people on the island were evacuated to hotels overnight on Wednesday and locals were also hit by huge hailstones "bigger than golf balls".
From BBC • Nov. 2, 2023
“You must learn to be careful,” Puli said severely, while stones and earth still rained down on us like hailstones.
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
