sleet
noun
precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail).
sleeted
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past participleof sleet.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof sleet.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
sleetnounprecipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail).
Example Sentences
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It sleeted all morning, but the sun came out for the march.
From Science Magazine ● Apr. 21, 2017
“You’re being rained on and snowed on and sleeted on all day long. It makes for misery.”
From Washington Times ● Oct. 23, 2014
Sweated, froze, got sleeted on, rained on, snowed on, and never saw a deer.
From Time Magazine Archive
The suffering in front of Dolinsburg was something almost indescribable—it snowed, sleeted, hailed and froze during the whole of the night.
From Uncle Daniel's Story Of "Tom" Anderson And Twenty Great Battles by John McElroy
Sad Mayflower I watched by winter stars, And nursed by winter gales, With petals of the sleeted spars, And leaves of frozen sails!
From Wild Flowers An Aid to Knowledge of Our Wild Flowers and Their Insect Visitors by Neltje Blanchan
