sleety
Americanadjective
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Origin of sleety
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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
A farm insurance agent, he was killed when his car was struck broadside on a rural Iowa road on a sleety February night.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 12, 2019
Summary: The Sun Bowl elicits fond memories for WSU fans, now three years removed from watching the Cougars beat Miami 20-14 on a sunny, rainy, snowy, sleety day in El Paso, Texas.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 3, 2018
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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