How to Use pelt in a Sentence

pelt

1 of 2 verb
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  • Heavy rains were pelting the roof, and winds lashed at the walls.
    — Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 28 Jan. 2024
  • In the desert, grains of sand can pelt the face at skin-shredding speeds.
    — Angela Watercutter, Wired, 28 Sep. 2021
  • By the time the game was over, the Brooklyn Dodgers had pelted the Yankees for 13 runs.
    — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 29 June 2023
  • In the darkness, winds rose, and more than a third of an inch of rain pelted the streets of the nighttime city.
    — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 22 July 2023
  • At one point, I did get pelted with a green glowstick flung from the seats above.
    — Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 12 July 2023
  • The video sees the singer perform on stage as he is pelted with bananas.
    — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 6 Nov. 2023
  • People on the street pelt them with rocks and other objects.
    — Meg Kelly, Washington Post, 10 Mar. 2023
  • Two young men, dressed in black, pelt it with Molotov cocktails.
    — Billy Perrigo, Time, 9 Apr. 2021
  • As a side note, UW fans did not pelt the field with prescription glasses.
    — Mike Hart, Journal Sentinel, 23 Oct. 2022
  • Severe thunderstorms pelt the D-FW area with rain and pea-sized hail.
    — Adithi Ramakrishnan, Dallas News, 8 Apr. 2023
  • The rest of the match was a defensive slugfest on Mitty’s soggy pitch as the teams were pelted by rain.
    — Nathan Canilao, The Mercury News, 1 Mar. 2024
  • In winter, snow blankets the peaks, and in summer fierce monsoon rains pelt them.
    — Erik Stokstad, Science | AAAS, 30 July 2020
  • Rotterdammers were none too pleased and threatened to pelt the yacht with rotten eggs.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 10 Apr. 2023
  • The day ended as a rainstorm rolled in from the west, pelting us with heavy drops on the drive south into Loreto.
    — Michael Van Runkle, Robb Report, 15 Nov. 2023
  • The structure did little to protect him from a pelting rain and a hail storm later.
    — Mark Stevenson, Chicago Tribune, 14 June 2023
  • In practice, Gators players would get pelted with foam balls from a pitching machine to train their brains not to jump out of the way.
    — Matt Martell, New York Times, 11 June 2023
  • The two exchange punches and pelt each other with oranges and books, before Gloria slams Drew to the ground.
    — Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 9 June 2022
  • Then a gabby, sneering attendant walks into the room to trim the girl’s nails and pelt her with insults.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 5 Sep. 2021
  • In a parking lot, Carol gets pelted by six geese a-laying.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 3 Dec. 2023
  • Roberts, too, is capable of imagining what kind of new challenges could pelt the court that bears his name in the coming years.
    — Ariane De Vogue, CNN, 10 Sep. 2021
  • Most groups in the K-pop industry like to (lovingly) pelt their fans with content.
    — Natalie Morin, refinery29.com, 16 Oct. 2020
  • One clip showed the truck’s steel doors pelted with bullets from a Thompson submachine gun.
    — Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Florence Pugh is the latest celebrity to have been publicly pelted by an object thrown at her while at an event.
    — Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 4 Dec. 2023
  • Hail and ice pellets may pelt motorists on Highways 101 and 1 as thunder clatters the coastal areas.
    — Nora Mishanec, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Last year Harry Styles was pelted in the eye after a misguided fan tossed Skittles candy at the stage.
    — Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 4 Dec. 2023
  • King, Brown’s girlfriend, can be heard in the video screaming before the couple drives away as officers continue to pelt the car.
    — Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 13 Jan. 2023
  • The Bay Area was being pelted with off and on rains causing spinouts on the roads, and the Central Valley was enduring thunderstorms and wind gusts of up to 70 mph in the hills.
    — Kevin Fagan, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Mar. 2023
  • The death toll climbed steadily on Monday as persistent heavy rains continued to pelt down.
    — Caitlin Hu, CNN, 5 June 2023
  • The race was delayed by a day due to the incessant rain that pelted Daytona International Speedway over the weekend.
    — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 20 Feb. 2024
  • But the system could be very unstable, possibly resulting in brief thunderstorms like the one that also pelted South County with hail last week.
    — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Feb. 2024
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pelt

2 of 2 noun
  • Kistler says the pelt may make a visit back home to the West Coast in 2025 for a meeting of the Coast Salish.
    — Alicia Ault, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Jan. 2024
  • This should leave you with a pelt that resembles a tube.
    — Will Brantley, Field & Stream, 6 Feb. 2023
  • Beavers are skinned up the belly in what’s called an open style, and pelts can be sold at auction or tanned to keep.
    — Joseph Biebert, Outdoor Life, 3 Apr. 2023
  • The waterproof fur and durable leather make beaver pelts the ideal fur to use for mittens and gloves.
    — Joseph Biebert, Outdoor Life, 3 Apr. 2023
  • Back in the day, the middle 1800s, a beaver pelt was worth two bucks to the trapper from the buyers at the Hudson Bay Company.
    — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Jan. 2022
  • Around his shoulders is draped a beaver pelt coat, worn with the fur facing in to capture and preserve body heat.
    — Scott Eisen, National Geographic, 11 Nov. 2020
  • Nowadays, though, fox pelts go for around $3, Baker said.
    — Fredrick Kunkle, Washington Post, 25 Mar. 2023
  • Evidence of his bookbinding prowess: the press on the table and the pelt on the chair, which would be stretched for covers.
    — Maria Neuman, WSJ, 2 Dec. 2022
  • Even though Bigfoot is clearly stronger and smarter, and knows more tricks than Mothman, and Mothman’s pelt looks patchy.
    — Amanda Lehr, The New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2021
  • Legend joins the fun holding a googly-eyed Roomba friend and flashing a hairy chest pelt.
    — Sara Netzley, EW.com, 2 Mar. 2021
  • The sequel is set 30 years after the original, and Scut has traded in his fox pelt hat for a police badge.
    — Dallas News, 19 Dec. 2022
  • Two or three yolks (no egg whites included) are enough to tan something small like a rabbit pelt.
    — Tim MacWelch, Outdoor Life, 24 Dec. 2020
  • As Kazanjian warned, the quick, sharp pelt on the roof reverberated.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 31 July 2020
  • According to the documents, Konschak sent a photo of the dead dogs to someone asking to have their pelts tanned.
    — Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Three-day food fight: People in an Italian town pelt one another with 900 tons of oranges.
    — Ashley Wu, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2023
  • But around 1799, Shaw was presented with a pelt and a drawing of an Australian creature that seemed to be too exotic.
    — Stephen C. George, Discover Magazine, 29 Aug. 2023
  • Chunks of ice, rime, and andesite peel off cliff bands and pelt climbers, especially in warm conditions.
    — Outside Online, 29 May 2022
  • Later, figures shrouded in animal pelts string her up naked and bleed her dry.
    — Lydia Kiesling, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2023
  • The pelt was never found and was likely taken by other animals, court records show.
    — Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2023
  • To the left, a short hallway leads to a life-size diorama of an Arctic trading post, complete with lanterns, a cot, a bear pelt and a picturesque window view.
    — Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2021
  • Sea otters once ranged across the Pacific Rim, but were hunted nearly to extinction for their pelts in the 18th and 19th centuries.
    — Byerik Stokstad, science.org, 22 Mar. 2023
  • Photos of the bobcat, which have since gone viral on Facebook and Instagram, show its all-white pelt speckled with light blonde spots.
    — Travis Hall, Field & Stream, 28 Dec. 2023
  • This may take one hour or several depending on the pelt size and thickness, as well as the humidity and air movement around the skin.
    — Tim MacWelch, Outdoor Life, 24 Dec. 2020
  • Matt Jorgenson, best known by his nickname, Sweets, is hardly ever without a kendama draped over his shoulders like a pelt.
    — Rachel Hutton, Star Tribune, 27 Nov. 2020
  • In Denmark, one of the world's largest pelt producers, officials have taken a far more heavy-handed approach.
    — Matt McKinney, Star Tribune, 16 Feb. 2021
  • Around a bonfire, scout leaders chanted while wearing masks and animal pelts, Rice said.
    — NBC news, 19 Apr. 2023
  • Old Jeff Davis now lies on his back, his head bashed in, his right arm loose in its socket, his bronze pelt covered in pink and yellow paint, with scraps of tissue paper stuck to his lapel and collar.
    — Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 19 July 2022
  • And since this spring, millions of farmed mink have been killed to control the virus’s spread across Europe, including in Denmark, the continent’s largest mink pelt producer.
    — Dina Fine Maron, Animals, 14 Dec. 2020
  • That makes Oregon the fourth-largest pelt-producing state behind Wisconsin, Utah and Idaho.
    — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 8 July 2021
  • The fabric gets its name from mimicking the burrowing mammal’s velvety pelt.
    — Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 8 Oct. 2019

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