Sleet is an English word with synonyms like precipitation or downfall. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Sleet meaning
- Pellets of ice made of mostly-frozen raindrops or refrozen melted snowflakes.
- Precipitation in the form of a mixture of rain and snow.
- A smooth coating of ice formed on ground or other objects by freezing rain.
Synonyms of Sleet
Using Sleet
- The main meaning on this page is: Pellets of ice made of mostly-frozen raindrops or refrozen melted snowflakes. | Precipitation in the form of a mixture of rain and snow. | A smooth coating of ice formed on ground or other objects by freezing rain.
- Useful related words include: precipitation, downfall, precipitate, come down.
- In the example corpus, sleet often appears in combinations such as: sleet and, and sleet, rain sleet.
Context around Sleet
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 9 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Sleet
- In this selection, "sleet" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, rain, 2pm, light, snow, showers and accumulation stand out and add context to how "sleet" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include areas and sleet on high and at 2pm sleet there is. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "sleet" sits close to words such as amicable, amiga and ankles, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with sleet
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Little or no snow and sleet accumulation expected. (8 words)
Indoors, the sun alternates with rain, hail or sleet. (9 words)
At 2pm sleet there is a 40 per cent chance of sleet. (12 words)
Craig Snell, a senior meteorologist at the Met Office, said: “Going into next week we do see a bit of a change with even colder air coming through and then an increase in risk of sudden disruption due to some sleet, snow and some ice. (45 words)
Ireland has also been impacted by the cold spat, with The Irish Meteorological Service forecasting that residual rain, sleet and snow in the east will clear into the Irish Sea on Friday morning. (33 words)
Snow showers will continue across northern Scotland, there will be outbreaks of rain, sleet and snow for parts of England, whilst the rain and snow in the southeast will quickly clear pic. (32 words)
Example sentences (20)
At 2pm sleet there is a 40 per cent chance of sleet.
An iced over pedestrian walkway is lined by trees that are covered with ice from a few days of sleet and rain, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023, in Dallas.
At the moment, it’s not until the very last days of February that light sleet is expected.
Craig Snell, a senior meteorologist at the Met Office, said: “Going into next week we do see a bit of a change with even colder air coming through and then an increase in risk of sudden disruption due to some sleet, snow and some ice.
Despite the weather conditions, the Frog Army came in full force, proving that support is unwavering through rain, sleet and snow.
Heavy morning sleet showers abated to produce dry if chill conditions for the game, which attracted a bumper crowd of about 500.
I have seen reports that a dusting of snow and sleet is making things a little slick along and north of Interstate 80 to start the day.
Indoors, the sun alternates with rain, hail or sleet.
Ireland has also been impacted by the cold spat, with The Irish Meteorological Service forecasting that residual rain, sleet and snow in the east will clear into the Irish Sea on Friday morning.
Little or no snow and sleet accumulation expected.
Members of the committee that planned the project and advocated for its approval held a ceremonial groundbreaking Monday morning in the sleet and ice storm.
Met Eireann said rain, sleet and snow will spread north across the country, with snow expected in many areas, along with icy conditions.
Outbreaks of snow will move away, then later outbreaks of sleet and rain will probably arrive, although falling as snow over high ground at first.
Sarah Sleet, the charity’s CEO, said: “More than half a million people in the UK are living with Crohn’s and colitis – the two main forms of inflammatory bowel disease.
Showery outbreaks of rain or sleet will continue for a time, most frequent in northern, western and southwestern counties, generally clearing later in the night.
Sleet and snow will likely transition to rain in southern areas for a time," it also reads, with possible impacts listed including hazardous driving conditions, travel disruption and poor visibility.
Snow showers will continue across northern Scotland, there will be outbreaks of rain, sleet and snow for parts of England, whilst the rain and snow in the southeast will quickly clear pic.
Snow will mix with sleet and change to rain along the coast and in SE MA.
Some may see slight fog in rural areas, and sleet on high lying ground on Saturday and Sunday.
The bad weather hit the area for most of the Friday, including a brief combination sleet, hail, snowstorm, that hit parts of Grand Junction giving roads a thin white layer.
Common combinations with sleet
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- sleet and 52×
- and sleet 34×
- rain sleet 25×
- of sleet 18×
- or sleet 8×
- to sleet 8×
- sleet snow 7×
- some sleet 6×
- snow sleet 6×
- sleet or 6×