How to Use hailstone in a Sentence

hailstone

noun
  • In some spots, hailstones were likened in size to peas or pebbles.
    — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 20 Aug. 2019
  • One man was hit by a softball-size hailstone that shattered his skull.
    — Matt Leclercq, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Mar. 2025
  • In August, a new record was set for the state’s largest hailstone.
    — Chris Bianchi, The Denver Post, 15 Oct. 2019
  • The hailstones can grow as cold water droplets collide with them and freeze.
    — NBC News, 2 July 2019
  • Even small hailstones can have an impact when there’s enough volume.
    — Allison Chinchar, CNN, 15 Apr. 2023
  • This storm’s hailstones gave the crew something to worry about.
    — Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, 6 June 2018
  • In events like this, each hailstone contains so much water that fewer stones end up forming.
    — Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 9 Feb. 2018
  • The hailstones were bigger than a baseball but smaller than a grapefruit.
    — Patrick Danner, ExpressNews.com, 9 Jan. 2020
  • The friend tossed hailstones playfully into the house.
    — Kansas City Star, 22 May 2026
  • The prime evidence came a-clattering in the form of hailstones.
    — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 17 June 2023
  • In some locations, hailstones were as large as baseballs, Laubach said.
    — Camille Fine, USA TODAY, 23 June 2023
  • In May, a massive hailstone spanning more than 5 inches fell in the state.
    — Max Cohen, USA TODAY, 9 Oct. 2019
  • In this part of the country walnut-size hailstones are as destructive as a swarm of locusts.
    — Kathryn Phillips, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
  • 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
  • Hailstones don’t form or grow very big without massive amounts of air billowing up from below.
    — John Ingold, The Denver Post, 15 May 2017
  • That means hailstones have less distance to travel through warm air before reaching the surface.
    — Anthony Franze, San Antonio Express-News, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Brady wasn’t sure of the exact location of the hailstone in Hondo.
    — Kelli Smith, Dallas News, 7 May 2021
  • One hailstone was strong enough to crash through a bedroom window, leaving broken glass inside the home.
    — Justin Adams, CBS News, 25 June 2026
  • The hail was accompanied by heavy rain, which washed the hailstones into huge piles in low-lying areas.
    — NBC News, 2 July 2019
  • One 6-inch diameter hailstone may have set a new state record, the weather service said.
    — Arkansas Online, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Take a look at the giant hailstone that fell near Salado late this afternoon.
    — Dallas News, 12 Apr. 2022
  • Many Texans have been sharing footage and images of large hailstones that landed in their backyards.
    — Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 25 Dec. 2024
  • Grace Goodwin shows off hailstones that fell in the Denver area on Monday.
    — Jesse Sarles, CBS News, 1 June 2026
  • 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
  • The record-setting hailstone fell that made Coffeyville, KS famous.
    — Paul Douglas, Star Tribune, 2 Sep. 2020
  • When a baseball-sized hailstone slams into a solar panel at more than 90 mph, the result is not pretty.
    — Dan Gearino, WIRED, 29 June 2024
  • In May, a derecho punched windows out of Houston skyscrapers and storms dropped giant hailstones.
    — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Could Cullman claim the title for home of Alabama's biggest hailstone on record?
    — Leigh Morgan, AL.com, 21 Mar. 2018
  • 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
  • Experts suggest that larger hailstones are linked to theories of a changing climate.
    — J.c. Hallman, Oklahoma Watch, 13 Jan. 2026

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