hail of stones

This time they came right up to the ship and let go with a hail of stones.

German troops also came under a hail of stones in the same area.

The church was also battered by a hail of stones and rocks.

"And what will you be doing while the robots are distracted by the hail of stones?"

As they celebrate their decision, a fresh hail of stones come through the family home's windows.

A hail of stones came over the low rock.

A deadly hail of stones might follow when their presence was discovered.

We will be meeting them with a hail of stones if they show their faces.'

They were met with a hail of stones and petrol bombs.

There was a cloud of dust, a hail of stones.

The others were greeted by a hail of stones and retreated.'

A hail of stones hit the bus; one Celtics man was stoned to death.

There was a hail of stones; she elbowed up and crawled to Kirk.

Then at last an answer came: a storm of arrows met them, and a hail of stones.

A few minutes later, Dancer lost his footing and slid backward in a hail of stones.

Others might have preferred to run the gantlet, hoping to get past before the hail of stones increased.

A hail of stones shot out of the trees to each side of the road.

Sure enough, a hail of stones rained down around him, but none came close to hitting him.

They were quickly turned back by a hail of stones and iron pellets fired from slingshots.

The upward hail of stones was so fast and thick that they felled many toads.

At 8am police officers, accompanying prison staff, tried to enter the centre but were met by a hail of stones.

Then began the lethal hail of stones, hundreds flung from above, dozens rolled and toppled over the edge.

From both sides of the canyon, a hail of stones and missiles crashed down on the strangers below.

A hail of stones greeted them.

A fine old Indian tradition, now on the wane, was to greet all strangers with a hail of stones, because they invariably meant trouble.