sleety in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for sleety in the English»French Dictionary

sleety [Brit ˈsliːti, Am ˈslidi] ADJ

sleety showers, rain:

sleety

mêlé de neige

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English

There has been a lot of rain and sleety showers this week, so ground became saturated fast.

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Many people in the crowd said they had been waiting for three hours in the sleety rain for the royal couple to arrive.

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Just then, as if on cue, a wet, sleety snow began to fall.

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Much of the play was in keeping with a grey, sleety, nagging, afternoon.

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The incident occurred during a burst of cold and rainy, even sleety conditions in the area.

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In relationship terms, it's a bit like going from a stroll through a summer meadow to a vertical climb up a rocky cliff face in sleety rain.

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There will be some sleety showers down to low level and possibly some hail showers, but it won't be much of an issue.

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