'hail' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'hail' with 10 example sentences.
- hail verb
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: praise vociferously
: be a native of
: call for
: greet enthusiastically or joyfully
: precipitate as small ice particles
- hail noun
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: precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents
: many objects thrown forcefully through the air
: enthusiastic greeting
The rain turned to hail.
There's no need to hail a taxi.
He is hailed as the father of modern anthropology.
As a rule, hail falls in the summer.
Hailing a cab in Manhattan at 5:00 p.m. is nearly impossible.
The mafia boss was killed in a hail of machine gun fire.
The people hailed the victory.
From where do you hail?
We marched under a hail of bullets.
He hailed a cruising taxi.