HAIL in a Sentence
Learn HAIL from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
102 example sentences for HAIL, such as:
1. The crowds hail the boxing champion.
2. The machine gun hailed over our heads.
3. They're hailing it as the new wonder drug.
4. The conference was hailed as a great success.
5. When they're deep they won't stop for a hail.
2. The machine gun hailed over our heads.
3. They're hailing it as the new wonder drug.
4. The conference was hailed as a great success.
5. When they're deep they won't stop for a hail.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of HAIL
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hail
v. praise vociferously
Classic Sentence: (91 in 7 pages)
1 This time they did not heed the cruel pellets that swept over them like hail.
2 It was reported by those who encountered them in their Sunday walks, that they said nothing, looked singularly dull, and would hail with obvious relief the appearance of a friend.
3 A pitiless hail was hissing round me, and I was sitting on soft turf in front of the overset machine.
4 The rebounding, dancing hail hung in a cloud over the machine, and drove along the ground like smoke.
5 As the columns of hail grew thinner, I saw the white figure more distinctly.
6 It seemed to advance and to recede as the hail drove before it denser or thinner.
7 At last I tore my eyes from it for a moment and saw that the hail curtain had worn threadbare, and that the sky was lightening with the promise of the sun.
8 Then hail, for ever hail, O sea, in whose eternal tossings the wild fowl finds his only rest.
9 But ere her commander, who, with trumpet to mouth, stood up in his boat; ere he could hopefully hail, Ahab's voice was heard.
10 Then suddenly came a hail from below: "Get your clothes on now, girls, and come along."
11 It was never too hot or too cold; it could never rain, blow, hail, or snow, too hard for us to work in the field.
12 When they're deep they won't stop for a hail.
13 Why," said Dantes, "if in two or three days you hail any fishing-boat, desire them to come here to me.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context Highlight In Chapter 23. The Island of Monte Cristo.
Context Highlight In Chapter 23. The Island of Monte Cristo.
14 It was a human storm, made up of a thunder of cries, and a hail of sweetmeats, flowers, eggs, oranges, and nosegays.
15 These bleak skies I hail, for they are kinder to me than your fellow beings.
Example Sentence:
1 The US Embassy in Manila found itself under a hail of rotten fruit early today, the latest symptom of anti-American feeling reverberating across Asia in recent days.
2 Until he recognized the approaching men, he did not sheathe his dagger and hail them as friends.
3 The crowds hail the boxing champion.
4 Faulkner has been hailed as the greatest American novelist of his generation.
5 Teenager Matt Brown is being hailed a hero for saving a young child from drowning.
6 The conference was hailed as a great success.
7 The machine gun hailed over our heads.
8 Although many critics hailed his Fifth Symphony as his major work, he did not regard it as his major opus.
9 AIDS organizations have hailed the drug pricing deal as a breakthrough, with the potential to save millions of lives.
10 They're hailing it as the new wonder drug.
11 Laura flits about New York hailing taxis at every opportunity.