HAIL in a Sentence

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For HAIL, below is one of 102 sentences:
But ere her commander, who, with trumpet to mouth, stood up in his boat; ere he could hopefully hail, Ahab's voice was heard.

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 Meanings and Examples of HAIL
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
hail
 n.  call for; salute; greet; praise vociferously
Classic Sentence: (91 in 7 pages)
1  This time they did not heed the cruel pellets that swept over them like hail.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter VIII
2  It was reported by those who encountered them in their Sunday walks, that they said nothing, looked singularly dull, and would hail with obvious relief the appearance of a friend.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER STORY OF THE DOOR
3  A pitiless hail was hissing round me, and I was sitting on soft turf in front of the overset machine.
The Time Machine By H. G. Wells
Context  Highlight   In III
4  The rebounding, dancing hail hung in a cloud over the machine, and drove along the ground like smoke.
The Time Machine By H. G. Wells
Context  Highlight   In III
5  As the columns of hail grew thinner, I saw the white figure more distinctly.
The Time Machine By H. G. Wells
Context  Highlight   In III
6  It seemed to advance and to recede as the hail drove before it denser or thinner.
The Time Machine By H. G. Wells
Context  Highlight   In III
7  At last I tore my eyes from it for a moment and saw that the hail curtain had worn threadbare, and that the sky was lightening with the promise of the sun.
The Time Machine By H. G. Wells
Context  Highlight   In III
8  Then hail, for ever hail, O sea, in whose eternal tossings the wild fowl finds his only rest.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 116. The Dying Whale.
9  But ere her commander, who, with trumpet to mouth, stood up in his boat; ere he could hopefully hail, Ahab's voice was heard.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 128. The Pequod Meets The Rachel.
10  Then suddenly came a hail from below: "Get your clothes on now, girls, and come along."
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 27
11  It was never too hot or too cold; it could never rain, blow, hail, or snow, too hard for us to work in the field.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
12  When they're deep they won't stop for a hail.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV.
13  Why," said Dantes, "if in two or three days you hail any fishing-boat, desire them to come here to me.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 23. The Island of Monte Cristo.
14  It was a human storm, made up of a thunder of cries, and a hail of sweetmeats, flowers, eggs, oranges, and nosegays.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 36. The Carnival at Rome.
15  These bleak skies I hail, for they are kinder to me than your fellow beings.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 10
Example Sentence:
1  The US Embassy in Manila found itself under a hail of rotten fruit early today, the latest symptom of anti-American feeling reverberating across Asia in recent days.
2  Until he recognized the approaching men, he did not sheathe his dagger and hail them as friends.
3  The crowds hail the boxing champion.
4  Faulkner has been hailed as the greatest American novelist of his generation.
5  Teenager Matt Brown is being hailed a hero for saving a young child from drowning.
6  The conference was hailed as a great success.
7  The machine gun hailed over our heads.
8  Although many critics hailed his Fifth Symphony as his major work, he did not regard it as his major opus.
9  AIDS organizations have hailed the drug pricing deal as a breakthrough, with the potential to save millions of lives.
10  They're hailing it as the new wonder drug.
11  Laura flits about New York hailing taxis at every opportunity.