sleety
Americanadjective
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The results of their hard work were met with excited cheers and shouts from hundreds of onlookers who braved the sleety weather to watch the daytime procession.
From BBC • Jan. 27, 2026
New England is here after a sleety, soggy 28-16 playoff triumph over Houston, a contender that arrived in Foxborough riding a 10-game win streak, but left its offense at the airport.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 19, 2026
Russian troops and military vehicles groaned down the long driveway of No. 144 under flurries of snow and sleety rain.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 3, 2022
I played hooky from the high school beat to sit in the stands on a nasty, sleety afternoon to watch the aged Mets slipping and sliding in front of only 12,447 fans.
From New York Times • Mar. 23, 2022
I can remember Cordelia throwing my blue knitted hat over the bridge, I remember falling through the ice and then my mother running toward me with her sleety hair.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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