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Meanings of sleet in English
Rain and snow mixed is precipitation composed of rain and partially melted snow.
Usage of sleet in English
1
Overnight, Saturday's sleet had given way to clear skies and arctic cold.
2
Through the leafless forests in driving sleet and rain retreated the French.
3
The wind and the sleet caused a stampede at the picket line.
4
It is quite a fresh track; there is sleet all round it.
5
The sleet had ceased, and the carriage was standing before the door.
6
The shocks were no longer hot but as cold as driven sleet.
7
They started up the hill and met the sleet of hissing death.
8
By the time we reached the Hospice it became a blinding sleet.
9
They worked all day on January 31 in unremitting rain and sleet.
10
The sleet rattled on the steps, the pavements were covered with white.
11
Nicodemus simply stood, soaked by the sleet and unmoved by the cold.
12
He leaned across the table; his voice was like sleet-cold ,thin ,cutting
13
Her elements were in the form of rain, snow, and large sleet.
14
He peered for a moment into the darkness through the blinding sleet.
15
Snow and sleet fell all the time, making the task most disagreeable.
16
A sleet-charged gust hurled itself against the door, and the lantern flickered.
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Translations for sleet
Portuguese
Catalan
Russian
Sleet through the time
Sleet across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common