How to Use hailstorm in a Sentence

hailstorm

noun
  • My live oak trees lost at least half of their leaves in a recent hailstorm.
    — Neil Sperry, ExpressNews.com, 18 June 2020
  • The hailstorm may be among the costliest to hit the Denver area.
    — Robert A. Cronkleton, kansascity.com, 10 May 2017
  • The resident told him there was no recent hailstorm and the man walked away.
    — Kimberly Fornek, chicagotribune.com, 11 Aug. 2019
  • The weather for the greater part of the trip was hot and arid, except for a hailstorm and lightning.
    — Carol Cormaci, La Cañada Valley Sun, 10 July 2017
  • Yes, there's no snow, and just a very occasional frost or brief, gusty hailstorm.
    — Dennis Romero, NBC News, 25 July 2022
  • Yet the pace of space news keeps accelerating like a hailstorm on a roof.
    — Michael Hainey, WIRED, 28 Mar. 1983
  • That's in part because of rising losses from hailstorms.
    — Lauren Sommer, NPR, 12 Nov. 2025
  • People involved suggest this damage was from an even less lucky bird caught in the hailstorm.
    — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 8 July 2020
  • So far, there have been no reports of serious damage from the hailstorm.
    — Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 25 Dec. 2024
  • Hailstones of record size are falling left and right, and hailstorm damage is growing.
    — Oliver Whang, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2022
  • Overnight, a hailstorm can destroy months of labor invested in a crop.
    — Tim Evans, NPR, 3 Sep. 2024
  • The sound is like a fusillade of manual typewriters, or a hailstorm on a tin roof.
    — David Weininger, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Feb. 2023
  • Hailstorms are the destroyer of crops, the harbingers of rot.
    — Esquire Editors, Esquire, 23 Aug. 2017
  • But the researchers say the role of climate change in future hailstorms is harder to assess.
    — Dan Elliott, The Seattle Times, 14 Aug. 2018
  • How about parking yourself in a hailstorm with chunks of ice as large as softballs pummeling the ground around you?
    — Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 8 May 2018
  • But hailstorms do pose a serious risk to life and property, Marsh said.
    — NBC News, 2 July 2019
  • Christoforou’s attempts to grow grapes were dashed by rare hailstorms that hit the island in the first few days of June.
    — NBC News, 22 June 2018
  • When the hailstorm hit, many only had emergency foil blankets to keep warm, but some had their sheets blown away or torn in the wind.
    — Nectar Gan, CNN, 28 May 2021
  • But zoom out, and this hailstorm’s qualities of shape and proportion begin to emerge.
    — Anthony Tommasini, James R. Oestreich, David Allen, Seth Colter Walls and Joshua Barone, New York Times, 13 Dec. 2017
  • Shoppers have worn them while hiking, skiing, and even fishing during a hailstorm.
    — Genevieve Cepeda, Travel + Leisure, 30 Nov. 2025
  • Larry and Shirley Reyes of Deer Park couldn’t get all of their hailstorm claims paid.
    — Dave Lieber, Dallas News, 22 July 2021
  • Another video from the scene shows a group hiding in a crowded bathroom during the hailstorm.
    — Jennifer Gray, CNN, 22 June 2023
  • 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
  • Parts of the Houston area were hit hard by hailstorms over the weekend, and that can leave lasting damage for roofs and homes.
    — Tracy Maness, Houston Chronicle, 20 Apr. 2020
  • Planes have a history with severe weather and this isn’t even the first time one has been ripped apart by a serious hailstorm.
    — Owen Bellwood / Jalopnik, Quartz, 11 June 2024
  • Its hailstorm of ideas remains stunning — and aptly painful if, as a proud progressive, you’re struck in the face by the ice of its wit.
    — Jesse Green, New York Times, 27 Feb. 2023
  • The hailstorm tracked from Del Rio to Comfort on Tuesday night.
    — Marley Malenfant, Austin American Statesman, 11 Mar. 2026
  • The shocking fallout of the huge hailstorms witnessed in Arizona this week has been captured on video.
    — Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2025
  • Wagner said Smith was near a backyard fire pit with his younger brother when the wind picked up and a hailstorm started.
    — Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 30 Mar. 2021
  • But what about in 20 years, when hailstorms are likely going to be more severe and solar will cover much more ground?
    — Dan Gearino, WIRED, 29 June 2024

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