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Examples of soft hail in a Sentence
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Some soft hail or graupel may occur later in the afternoon.
—Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 15 Oct. 2024
Small hail and graupel, or soft hail, can be expected with the stronger showers.
—Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 3 Apr. 2024
Yes, even homely, lonely graupel — the soft hail that coated parts of Interstate 8 last winter, making driving a white-knuckle affair.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 July 2023
That’s why graupel is also known as soft hail or popcorn snow.
—Jack Lee, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Feb. 2023
Scattered rain is expected to fall north of I-80 starting in the afternoon and continuing into the evening — and showers could contain graupel, or soft hail.
—Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune, 13 Oct. 2022
One or two could drop some soft hail.
—Washington Post, 13 Nov. 2021
In between, there’s graupel—a kind of soft hail.
—Mark Fischetti, Scientific American, 11 Nov. 2022
Graupel is also called snow pellets or soft hail, as the graupel particles are particularly fragile and generally disintegrate when handled.
—Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1840, in the meaning defined above
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“Soft hail.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/soft%20hail. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.
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