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hailstorm

noun

Definition of hailstorm

as in thunderstorm

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Recent Examples of hailstorm Tomoyuki Sugano allowed a run over 6 2/3 innings to win for the seventh time in his last eight starts and the Colorado Rockies beat the Kansas City Royals 3-1 on Friday night after a hailstorm delayed the start an hour. — ABC News, 1 Aug. 2026 On one such patrol, dead butterflies carpeted the forest floor, frozen and hurt by a sudden hailstorm the previous day. — Jhanisse Vaca Daza, Time, 6 June 2026 Weather damage If severe weather, such as a hailstorm or flood, damages your car, your warranty likely won’t cover any repairs (but as with accident damage, your auto insurance may cover this). — Kate Tully Ellsworth, USA Today, 18 May 2026 Between the expansive clay soil, the hailstorms that roll across North Texas every spring and the relentless summer heat, local houses face a unique set of stresses. — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for hailstorm

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Noun

Sunday is trending drier now with just a stray afternoon shower or thunderstorm.

— Steven Sosna, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
This thunderstorm is producing an excessive amount of deadly cloud to ground lightning.

— NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of thunderstorm

Noun

On Good Friday in March of 1913, a massive windstorm blew over Indianapolis before heavy rains on Easter Sunday and Monday soaked the ground, causing the White River, Fall Creek and Eagle Creek to overflow.

— Jen Guadarrama, IndyStar, 20 Aug. 2026
Connie is blown quite literally into Martinez’s Paul during a New York City windstorm, which was accomplished with a machine far more powerful than a simple fan, Lyne said at the Academy Museum screening.

— Rance Collins, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of windstorm

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When a frozen body appears and a snowstorm traps everyone inside, the deaths begin to mount.

— Matt Grobar, Deadline, 27 Aug. 2026
The space is also climate controlled to better serve the animals and people using the space throughout the year, ensuring safe temperatures on the hottest day in July or during a January snowstorm.

— Jenna Ebbers, Kansas City Star, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of snowstorm

Noun

Then, a March megastorm brought blizzard conditions to the Great Lakes, high winds and thunderstorms to the East and a heatwave to the West.

— Mike Snider, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026
Last year, amid a blizzard of hirings and sackings at the upper level of the major houses, a group of top designers maintained a WhatsApp group chat dedicated to complaining about Sherman’s coverage of their fates.

— Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of blizzard

Noun

In a sudden forecast turnabout, metro Detroit went from April thundershowers and tornado warnings one day to a warm, sunny day the next, with temperatures in the upcoming week expected to reach the 70s.

— Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 6 Apr. 2023
Low pressure at both the upper level of the atmosphere and near the surface keep the chance of occasional showers (maybe a thundershower) and cooler temperatures around through Tuesday.

— Molly Robey, Washington Post, 14 Aug. 2022

Definition of thundershower

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