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Meanings of driving sleet in English

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Usage of driving sleet in English
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Through the leafless forests in driving sleet and rain retreated the French.
Canada: the Empire of the North / Being the Romantic Story of th...
2
The rain had turned to a driving sleet that cut his face.
K
3
The sky had changed from clear, sunny cold, to driving sleet and mist.
Moby Dick
4
Then followed a long night-ride down the Peninsula, in driving sleet and rain.
Taken Alive
5
To his surprise he discovered Monday standing in the driving sleet.
Imajica: Complete Edition
6
Freezing fog added to driving sleet for the last few miles.'
Millionaire's women
7
Braving the elements, my face is stung by horizontally driving sleet.
The Irish Times
8
There he stood for fully five minutes, motionless, staring out at the driving sleet.
A Tale of a Lonely Parish
9
Outside a slate-grey sky is pondering whether to dispense driving sleet or merely torrential rain.
The Guardian
10
I climb out in driving sleet just as a truck whooshes by, blowing its horn.
Lit: a memoir
11
Tommy is fairly tough; but he cannot live mother-naked through a March night of driving sleet.
The Red Planet
12
The storm was one of sharp, driving sleet, which struck her face like so many needles.
The Junior Classics, Volume 6: Old-Fashioned Tales
13
But by midday the fierce wind and driving sleet had abated, though the outlook remained cheerless enough.
The Whirlpool
14
Next day, the weather being bitter and the driving sleet filling the atmosphere, the general battle was joined.
Four Years in Rebel Capitals / An Inside View of Life in the Sou...
15
The rain of two days became a driving sleet, which formed a mirror of ice over the city.
Midnight
16
By noon the snow ceased, or rather turned into a driving sleet that again in turn gave way to rain.
Thankful Blossom
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