PELT in a Sentence

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10 example sentences for PELT, such as:

1. Suddenly the tree was pelted with starlings.
2. In one flock they pelted it like so many winged stones.
3. Mas'r and Tom pelted the poor drowning creature with stones.
4. Some of the younger men began to pelt one another with snowballs.
5. They would jeer him, and, if practicable, pelt him with missiles.

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 Meanings and Examples of PELT
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pelt
 n.  skin of a beast with the hair on; raw or undressed hides; skin preserved with the hairy or woolly covering on it
Classic Sentence:
1  Extending it upon the forecastle deck, he now proceeds cylindrically to remove its dark pelt, as an African hunter the pelt of a boa.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 95. The Cassock.
2  He was a handsome one, this chap, fair-skinned and freckled, with red cheeks and a ruddy pelt as thick as a lamb's wool, growing down on his neck in little tufts.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5. Cuzak's Boys: I
3  They would jeer him, and, if practicable, pelt him with missiles.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
4  They accepted the pelting of the bullets with bowed and weary heads.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 20
5  A few moments, and merry laughs were heard through the silken curtains, as Eva and St. Clare were pelting each other with roses, and chasing each other among the alleys of the court.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
6  In one flock they pelted it like so many winged stones.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 12
7  Suddenly the tree was pelted with starlings.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 12
8  Mas'r and Tom pelted the poor drowning creature with stones.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
Example Sentence:
1  Her hat is made of at least one beaver pelt, I dislike this style, or any style of fur.
2  Some of the younger men began to pelt one another with snowballs.