pelt
verb (used with object)
to attack or assail with repeated blows or with missiles.
will pelt
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future tenseof pelt.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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Writer-director Jane Schoenbrun will pelt the audience with references to other touchstones as the movie proceeds, including the slasher “Sleepaway Camp” and the David Lynch masterpiece “Mulholland Drive.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
In the near future, it is possible the world will pelt out of mink farming for reasons both practical and moral.
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2021
Position is a pillory; sometimes the populace will pelt you with rose-leaves—at others, with ancient vegetables.
From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 14 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Musicians by Elbert Hubbard
"Now, if you will go, you shall carry me on your back, and I will pelt the secret out of you with my heels, as we travel!"
From Wild Western Scenes A Narrative of Adventures in the Western Wilderness, Wherein the Exploits of Daniel Boone, the Great American Pioneer are Particularly Described by J. B. (John Beauchamp) Jones
New party will pelt us while 77 the first makes a run to git ag’in’ the walls where we can’t damage ’em from the loopholes.
From A Virginia Scout by D. C. Hutchison
