How to Use hailstone in a Sentence

hailstone

noun
Definition of hailstonenext
  • In August, a new record was set for the state’s largest hailstone.
    — Chris Bianchi, The Denver Post, 15 Oct. 2019
  • In some spots, hailstones were likened in size to peas or pebbles.
    — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 20 Aug. 2019
  • Likewise, to form hailstones, there has to be cold air.
    — Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 11 Apr. 2018
  • The hailstones can grow as cold water droplets collide with them and freeze.
    — NBC News, 2 July 2019
  • This storm’s hailstones gave the crew something to worry about.
    — Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, 6 June 2018
  • Brady wasn’t sure of the exact location of the hailstone in Hondo.
    — Kelli Smith, Dallas News, 7 May 2021
  • In May, a massive hailstone spanning more than 5 inches fell in the state.
    — Max Cohen, USA TODAY, 9 Oct. 2019
  • The prime evidence came a-clattering in the form of hailstones.
    — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 17 June 2023
  • Gina Brown tweeted photos of the 5.5-inch hailstone that fell in her front yard.
    — Dallas News, 13 Apr. 2022
  • Germany experienced a freak hailstorm over the weekend, and up to a foot of hailstones piled up in the streets.
    — Peter Aitken, Fox News, 8 Aug. 2023
  • The planets push through the icy rubble like a snowplough shouldering its way through a pile of hailstones.
    — Alexandra Witze, Scientific American, 27 Nov. 2019
  • Even small hailstones can have an impact when there’s enough volume.
    — Allison Chinchar, CNN, 15 Apr. 2023
  • In this part of the country walnut-size hailstones are as destructive as a swarm of locusts.
    — Kathryn Phillips, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
  • California was rocked by a spring storm on Sunday, with hailstones the size of quarters and winds as strong as 60 mph, the NWS said.
    — Patrick Smith, NBC News, 25 Mar. 2024
  • The hailstones were bigger than a baseball but smaller than a grapefruit.
    — Patrick Danner, ExpressNews.com, 9 Jan. 2020
  • The record-setting hailstone fell that made Coffeyville, KS famous.
    — Paul Douglas, Star Tribune, 2 Sep. 2020
  • Someone that told us that there were (4.5 inch hailstones), but there’s nothing there to verify it.
    — Chris Bianchi, The Denver Post, 13 Aug. 2019
  • Possibly the largest was hailstones the size of baseballs reported by a storm chaser in the Cullman area.
    — Leigh Morgan, AL.com, 20 Mar. 2018
  • In some locations, hailstones were as large as baseballs, Laubach said.
    — Camille Fine, USA TODAY, 23 June 2023
  • In events like this, each hailstone contains so much water that fewer stones end up forming.
    — Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 9 Feb. 2018
  • The hail was accompanied by heavy rain, which washed the hailstones into huge piles in low-lying areas.
    — NBC News, 2 July 2019
  • Rows of tornadoes rip up the landscape, tsunami-sized waves sweep through cities, massive hailstones crash through car windows, and flash-frozen birds fall out of the sky.
    — Maya Wei-Haas, Smithsonian, 19 Oct. 2017
  • Take a look at the giant hailstone that fell near Salado late this afternoon.
    — Dallas News, 12 Apr. 2022
  • The main threat from the storm system, though, will be hail, possibly including hailstones as large or larger than hen’s eggs.
    — Julie Bosman, New York Times, 27 Feb. 2024
  • And that’s just a hailstone’s throw away (.3 inches) from the current record for the water year, which runs from October through September.
    — Patrick May, The Mercury News, 12 Apr. 2017
  • Could Cullman claim the title for home of Alabama's biggest hailstone on record?
    — Leigh Morgan, AL.com, 21 Mar. 2018
  • In one warning that was issued for Kansas City, the Weather Service said the storm could produce apple-sized hailstones and wind gusts of 60 miles per hour.
    — Naomi Schanen, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2024
  • And in some countries, hail-fighting planes dust clouds with silver iodide, a substance that helps small droplets to freeze, hindering the growth of large hailstones.
    — Quanta Magazine, 17 June 2024
  • In Argentina, huge hailstones threaten to break records.
    — CNN, 4 May 2020
  • Raindrops circulate in cumulonimbus clouds, which can lead to hailstones.
    — John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 6 May 2024

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