When it is very cold, the rain will turn to sleet. From LearnThat.org.
If the temperature rises above freezing, it will probably sleet. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
The clouds are low and solid, and the blowing sleet is almost horizontal. From Wordnik.com. [The Ghost of Sheep River] Reference
A warmer temperature had thawed off the thin sleet, and the pavements were drying. From Wordnik.com. [The Hills of the Shatemuc] Reference
Heavy sleet occurs when a half of an inch of sleet accumulates. From Wordnik.com. [KUSA-TV -] Reference
Both sort of bounce, but the way the two types of "sleet" balls form is different. From Wordnik.com. [Why was there ice before snow Tues. night?] Reference
Some kinds are partial sleet, meaning they have a kernel of solid ice at the centre. From Wordnik.com. [[INTERVIEW] Faith Hunter (Gwen Hunter) « Urban Fantasy Land] Reference
The sleet is now covered in ice. From Wordnik.com. [Ice Day #2] Reference
Never we know but in sleet and in snow. From Wordnik.com. [05/01/2003 - 06/01/2003] Reference
"No," answered the Forecaster, "frozen rain is sleet, which is never seen in summer. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy with the U. S. Weather Men] Reference
People did not perceive the meteorlogic terminology such as sleet and freezing rain as the threat; because not a direct impact?. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
Clean shirt, clean pants, clean sleet second chance. From Wordnik.com. [Indie Stars Become 'Monsters Of Folk'] Reference
Three hail-sleet storms yesterday and snow this morning. From Wordnik.com. [Taste The Salt, Feel The Wind] Reference
It was bitter cold, the sleet sharp and the swells ugly. From Wordnik.com. [And Judas Iscariot Together with other evangelistic addresses] Reference
Rain, sleet, snow or shine he still had to deliver the mail. From Wordnik.com. [Postcard] Reference
All were facing the chilly winds, blinding rain, sleet and snow. From Wordnik.com. [The True Story of Our National Calamity of Flood, Fire and Tornado] Reference
It was still coming down outside, heavier now, sleet and snow. From Wordnik.com. [Homecoming King] Reference
This was followed by rain and sleet, and ultimately, bitter cold. From Wordnik.com. [Into the fog: when the weather was a secret] Reference
Then the blizzards, which are storms of sleet and snow driven with. From Wordnik.com. [A Lady's Life on a Farm in Manitoba] Reference
He must walk in the sun and rain, snow and sleet if he wants to live. From Wordnik.com. [13 Halloweens] Reference
Systematic rescue work was rendered more difficult by a storm of snow and sleet. From Wordnik.com. [The True Story of Our National Calamity of Flood, Fire and Tornado] Reference
Skilling, gonna find you rain, sleet or snow, There's nowhere on earth that you can go. From Wordnik.com. [Houston, We Have a Problem] Reference
And compared with the winter sleet of Goteborg, Warsaw was a spring breeze on Dubya's back. From Wordnik.com. [Totally Opposite Poles] Reference
But about noon Mr. Haws appeared at our door, almost frozen, and covered with sleet and snow. From Wordnik.com. [Stories Worth Rereading] Reference
It was a black and blustery, winter day with snow and sleet slapping itself against the windows. From Wordnik.com. [Better than Ever] Reference
Yes, I'm goin 'up the country through that sleet and snow, ain't no telling just how far I'll go. From Wordnik.com. [Doc Watson: An Old-Time Folk Musician With Soul] Reference
The night had been tempestuous, and the wind still drove the sleet through the leafless trees of the. From Wordnik.com. [Edmond Dantès] Reference
I'm goin 'up the country through that sleet and snow, goin' up the country through that sleet and snow. From Wordnik.com. [Doc Watson: An Old-Time Folk Musician With Soul] Reference
Even nature seemed to cast a gloom over everything -- much sleet fell, and everything had a dismal appearance. From Wordnik.com. [Trials and Triumphs of Faith] Reference
I breathed in and out, concentrating on the sound of sleet skittering against the window before forcing a smile. From Wordnik.com. [Thick With Memory] Reference
The next day opened with a heavy storm of wet snow, and this continued, with intervals of sleet, till the afternoon. From Wordnik.com. [Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler] Reference
Territory, is weighted with great quantities of sleet and snow, through which it is often impossible to travel; indeed, these. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
About six hundred of the command were in this condition, plainly not suitably shod to withstand the frequent storms of sleet and snow. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
Two years ago, I was on Kiev's Maydan Square in the December sleet as thousands of young people turned out to protest a rigged election. From Wordnik.com. [A Russian Woodstock] Reference
Now all in nature, as I am, is sleet and ice, and falls and swells with every rising falling pulse of mine and slows …. or does it stop?. From Wordnik.com. [Tithonus] Reference
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