Hurricanes, whirlwinds, andhailstones accompany the paroxysms of volcanos.
On passing over Strousa, the wind from a slight air became a hurricane, and a thick, well-defined belt of large hailstones was left on the island.
Apropos of hailstones, what a strange occurrence it was the other day, when hailstones ravaged the vicinity of Paris, and that too in the height of summer.
It is difficult to translate, but it runs somewhat like this: "Oh see in this wilderness of vast Nasu How the hailstones dash on the frozen ground!
What they said was perfectly true, for I read in the papers next morning that in some places the hailstones were like eggs and weighed on an average from twenty to forty grammes; some even two hundred grammes.
It was nearly dark outside, and hailstones of enormous size were dashed down with a force which I have never seen anything to equal.
And we are told that in the time of Charlemagne, there fellhailstones fifteen feet long, eleven feet wide and six feet thick.
Frequent are the records of hailstonesas large as oranges, goose-eggs, and occasionally as large as a fist, with gathered drifts two or three feet deep.
During a storm at Naini Tal, in 1855, hailstonesweighing one and one-half pounds fell.
Hailstones are more or less spherical in form, and are made of alternate layers of soft opaque ice, and hard clear ice.
John Henry came wading through thehailstones with a rather scared grin.
When, three or four days later, those hailstones melted, the havoc they had wrought was plainly seen, for every green growing thing in the field or garden was cut off.
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even rend it with a stormy wind in my fury; and there shall be an overflowing shower in mine anger, and great hailstones in my fury to consume it.
The Lord also thundered in the heavens, And the Most High uttered his voice; Hailstones and coals of fire.
At the brightness before him his thick clouds passed, Hailstones and coals of fire.
Irma followed her example, and the two of them ducked their heads while the great hailstones rattled against the pails.
The hailstones seemed to impel each other forward.
And whenever it lightened we could see the hailstones dancing on the rocks and beating against the trees.
Here and there, there were still some large hailstones lying in the crevices of the rocks.
Then, without speaking, we went our way through the tossing forest, with the hailstones coming thick against us, and the wind a strong hand to push us back.
The years that once were as light upon him as the dew upon the maize are now hailstones to beat him back to the earth whence he came.
The Tiger, the Truelove, and the Due Return sent no more hailstones against her; they turned and resolved themselves into her consort.
The world is turning round," he muttered, "and the stars are falling thicker than the hailstones yesterday.
Of the three haillike forms of precipitation that we have mentioned above, true hail is much the most important, on account of the large size sometimes attained by hailstones and the damage that they are consequently able to cause.
Balls or irregular lumps of ice, often of considerable size, having a complex structure; large hailstones generally have a snowlike center, surrounded by layers of ice, which may be alternately clear and cloudy.
Hailstones fourteen inches in circumference fell in New South Wales in February, 1847.
Most of the hailstones were the size of a hen's egg, and crashed through windows and pounded against the house, making a noise that was not only deafening but paralyzing.
By that time the heaviest of the storm had passed over, and the men, who were most willing and kind, began to shovel out the enormous quantity of hailstones from the shed.
Verse: "The Lord also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hailstones and coals of fire.
In 1719 there fell at Kremo, hailstones weighing six pounds.
Hailstones were picked up measuring four inches in circumference.
Harvington the hailstones were reported to lie six feet deep on the ground: fifty rooks were killed in that neighbourhood.
On Defford Common the hailstones lay in hillocks nine inches high, and some of the stones were as large as pigeon’s eggs.
The thunder continued in one unbroken roar for an hour and a half; and the hailstones which fell were like fragments of a vast plate of ice broken into pieces, being broad, flat, and ragged.
He called upon the most high Sovereign when the enemies assaulted him on every side, and the great and holy God heard him by hailstones of exceeding great force.
Therefore thus saith the Lord God: Lo, I will cause a stormy wind to break forth in my indignation, and there shall be an overflowing shower in my anger: and great hailstones in my wrath to consume.
By his greatness he hath fixed the clouds, and the hailstones are broken.
Say to them that daub without tempering, that it shall fall: for there shall be an overflowing shower, and I will cause great hailstones to fall violently from above, and a stormy wind to throw it down.
I had heard stories of the size of the hailstones in the Duars.
It was drilled through by the hailstones as if they had been bullets.
The roof was of iron which rang like a drum to the heavy rain and monster hailstones of the Monsoon.
I declined to credit these assertions; although in other parts of India I have seen hailstones an inch in diameter.
At the brightness before him his thick clouds passed, hailstonesand coals of fire.
The Most High uttered his voice: hailstones and coals of fire.
This was about two hours after the storm, and while the brethren were repairing the wagon we gathered hailstonesby the handful in the fence corners.
Then the hailstones came down so thickly the horses refused to go.
In the same chapter in which the account of the stoppage of the sun and moon is given, we find that God cast down from heaven great hailstones on Joshua's enemies.
The rain descended in perfect sheets for a few minutes, while the hailstones fell thicker and faster, growing in size as the storm raged, already beginning to lend those red sands a pearly tinge with their dancing particles.
I always laughed at tales of hailstones large as hen's eggs, but now I know better.
After the thunder will come hail, so fierce that scarcely canst thou endure it and live, for the hailstonesare both large and thick.
I rode on ahead through the stinging hailstonesand watched our battery as it passed through the historic rock-hewn gateway that is the entrance to the mediaeval town of Besancon.
The hailstones rattled on our metal helmets and the men laughed at the sound as they donned slickers.
There is still enough superstition left to win a certain vogue for miraculous cures at Lourdes, and split hailstones at Remiremont.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "hailstones" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
