pelting
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of pelting
1530–40; perhaps dial. pelt rags, rubbish (akin to Danish pjalt rag) + -ing 2. See paltry
Example Sentences
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Pelting rain greeted us as we entered Kandy, once its own independent kingdom on the island until it fell victim to British colonial power in the early 19th century.
From New York Times • Jan. 30, 2019
"Pelting is nothing to their finding holes in one's coat," said the Rector.
From Middlemarch by Eliot, George
Pelting ice particles clattered resoundingly against the metal helmets: frozen moisture from the escaping air of Antrid.
From The Copper-Clad World by Vincent, Harl
Rushing through the forest, Pelting on the leaves, Drenching down the meadow With its standing sheaves; Robed in royal silver, Girt with jewels gay, With a gust of gladness You pass upon your way.
From Later Poems by Carman, Bliss
Lotus-floe 'neath the Barrier brink, Starting sheer—a marble blink- Pelting shafts from the show'ring arrow-blast Strike—ill the blackened flood seethe riven past.
From The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 by Mawson, Douglas, Sir
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