sleet
noun
precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail).
sleeting
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present participleof sleet.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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The temperature was little above freezing and it was sleeting, members of the team said at the time.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2023
Also, aside from anecdotal evidence of short-lived sleeting in the western suburbs, there was no ice, snow or other frozen precipitation.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 10, 2022
“It was raining, sleeting and snowing and I was out getting feed,” he said.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 9, 2015
It was a raw, sleeting February night, the day after Philip Seymour Hoffman was found dead.
From Slate ● Dec. 14, 2014
And now it was sleeting, the snow already glistening with ice.
From "The Dead and the Gone" by Susan Beth Pfeffer
