How to Use pelt in a Sentence

pelt

1 of 2 noun
  • Please, please, please tell me that pelt was not Rollo.
    — Lincee Ray, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Fur trappers, the almanac stated, used this time to hunt beavers for their pelts.
    — Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Fur trappers, the almanac stated, used this time to hunt beavers for their pelts.
    — John Tufts, IndyStar, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Fur trappers, the almanac stated, used this time to hunt beavers for their pelts.
    — Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Fur trappers, the almanac stated, used this time to hunt beavers for their pelts.
    — John Tufts, IndyStar, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Fur trappers, the almanac stated, used this time to hunt beavers for their pelts.
    — Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Beavers are skinned up the belly in what’s called an open style, and pelts can be sold at auction or tanned to keep.
    — Joseph Biebert, Outdoor Life, 3 Apr. 2023
  • Even at full pelt, this is a quiet boat and with the weight of its batteries very stable.
    — James Morris, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2025
  • The waterproof fur and durable leather make beaver pelts the ideal fur to use for mittens and gloves.
    — Joseph Biebert, Outdoor Life, 3 Apr. 2023
  • Two or three yolks (no egg whites included) are enough to tan something small like a rabbit pelt.
    — Tim MacWelch, Outdoor Life, 24 Dec. 2020
  • Around his shoulders is draped a beaver pelt coat, worn with the fur facing in to capture and preserve body heat.
    — Scott Eisen, National Geographic, 11 Nov. 2020
  • Later, figures shrouded in animal pelts string her up naked and bleed her dry.
    — Lydia Kiesling, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2023
  • But humans have been lethal to stoats in return, especially when their pelts turn white.
    — Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 11 Feb. 2026
  • The pelt was never found and was likely taken by other animals, court records show.
    — Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Natural fur coats come from the pelts of animals, and the fur is a protein fiber like human hair.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 14 Jan. 2026
  • Legend joins the fun holding a googly-eyed Roomba friend and flashing a hairy chest pelt.
    — Sara Netzley, EW.com, 2 Mar. 2021
  • Chunks of ice, rime, and andesite peel off cliff bands and pelt climbers, especially in warm conditions.
    — Outside Online, 29 May 2022
  • As Kazanjian warned, the quick, sharp pelt on the roof reverberated.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 31 July 2020
  • Mandatory class attire includes gray pants, a black pelt, gray button-up shirt and a garrison cap.
    — Christopher Kamrani, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Around a bonfire, scout leaders chanted while wearing masks and animal pelts, Rice said.
    — NBC news, 19 Apr. 2023
  • Late fall is also when fur traders used to trap beavers to acquire their thick winter pelts, according to the Almanac.
    — Sacbee.com, 2 Nov. 2025
  • The fabric gets its name from mimicking the burrowing mammal’s velvety pelt.
    — Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 8 Oct. 2019
  • The swish of chainmail coming down the runway was audible, as models slinked down the catwalk decked in statement pelts and belts.
    — Anika Reed, USA Today, 10 Feb. 2026
  • The sequel is set 30 years after the original, and Scut has traded in his fox pelt hat for a police badge.
    — Dallas News, 19 Dec. 2022
  • This may take one hour or several depending on the pelt size and thickness, as well as the humidity and air movement around the skin.
    — Tim MacWelch, Outdoor Life, 24 Dec. 2020
  • Even though Bigfoot is clearly stronger and smarter, and knows more tricks than Mothman, and Mothman’s pelt looks patchy.
    — Amanda Lehr, The New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2021
  • According to the documents, Konschak sent a photo of the dead dogs to someone asking to have their pelts tanned.
    — Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2023
  • There’s no alternative; there are too many tasty cadavers, plus squirrel pelts coughed up by hawks in the trees after they’ve been picked clean of meat and tissue.
    — Dan Chiasson, The New York Review of Books, 22 Apr. 2026
  • In Denmark, one of the world's largest pelt producers, officials have taken a far more heavy-handed approach.
    — Matt McKinney, Star Tribune, 16 Feb. 2021
  • The days of valuing a bear in the American West by its pelt or claws are long gone, but bears still hold economic value to humans.
    — Owen Clarke, Outside, 6 Nov. 2025

pelt

2 of 2 verb
  • Heavy rains were pelting the roof, and winds lashed at the walls.
    — Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 28 Jan. 2024
  • In the desert, grains of sand can pelt the face at skin-shredding speeds.
    — Angela Watercutter, Wired, 28 Sep. 2021
  • New video shows the drive-by and the house pelted by bullets.
    — Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Hail up to the size of tennis balls pelted east Texas.
    — Briana Waxman, CNN Money, 15 Mar. 2026
  • The video sees the singer perform on stage as he is pelted with bananas.
    — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 6 Nov. 2023
  • Two young men, dressed in black, pelt it with Molotov cocktails.
    — Billy Perrigo, Time, 9 Apr. 2021
  • Cars looked like they were pelted by multiple golf balls.
    — Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 June 2026
  • The explosion had balled me up, shoved me aside, and pelted me with hot stones.
    — Will MacKin, New Yorker, 28 June 2026
  • Hail the size of golf balls or larger also pelted the region.
    — Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Rotterdammers were none too pleased and threatened to pelt the yacht with rotten eggs.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 10 Apr. 2023
  • In winter, snow blankets the peaks, and in summer fierce monsoon rains pelt them.
    — Erik Stokstad, Science | AAAS, 30 July 2020
  • Heavy rain pelting the barn’s roof could be heard throughout the interview.
    — Chad De Guzman, Time, 8 June 2026
  • In the darkness, winds rose, and more than a third of an inch of rain pelted the streets of the nighttime city.
    — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 22 July 2023
  • The structure did little to protect him from a pelting rain and a hail storm later.
    — Mark Stevenson, Chicago Tribune, 14 June 2023
  • One table is pelting fries at other customers.
    — Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2025
  • As a side note, UW fans did not pelt the field with prescription glasses.
    — Mike Hart, Journal Sentinel, 23 Oct. 2022
  • But memories of his captor pelting his hands with a rubber hose still flickered.
    — Ian Shapira, Washington Post, 17 Dec. 2023
  • Then a gabby, sneering attendant walks into the room to trim the girl’s nails and pelt her with insults.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 5 Sep. 2021
  • Rain starts pelting down, and everyone rushes to pull rain covers over packs and stuff sticky arms in rain jackets.
    — R29 Team, Refinery29, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Severe thunderstorms pelt the D-FW area with rain and pea-sized hail.
    — Adithi Ramakrishnan, Dallas News, 8 Apr. 2023
  • Most groups in the K-pop industry like to (lovingly) pelt their fans with content.
    — Natalie Morin, refinery29.com, 16 Oct. 2020
  • One clip showed the truck’s steel doors pelted with bullets from a Thompson submachine gun.
    — Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 30 Nov. 2023
  • The inappropriate item missed the court, instead pelting the child in the leg, cops said.
    — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 21 Aug. 2025
  • The rest of the match was a defensive slugfest on Mitty’s soggy pitch as the teams were pelted by rain.
    — Nathan Canilao, The Mercury News, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Broncos fans were pelting Raiders players with snowballs – some with batters in them.
    — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 22 Dec. 2025
  • The day ended as a rainstorm rolled in from the west, pelting us with heavy drops on the drive south into Loreto.
    — Michael Van Runkle, Robb Report, 15 Nov. 2023
  • Roberts, too, is capable of imagining what kind of new challenges could pelt the court that bears his name in the coming years.
    — Ariane De Vogue, CNN, 10 Sep. 2021
  • Police fired tear gas and pepper spray at protesters who were pelting them with rocks, eggs and other objects.
    — Hameraldi Agolli, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
  • To truly understand the essence of something, pelt it with projectiles.
    — Karmela Padavic-Callaghan, Scientific American, 2 Sep. 2021
  • The crowd continued to pelt officers throwing more frozen items; one person threw a metal wrench.
    — Adam Ferrise, cleveland, 3 Dec. 2020

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