The phrase "hail of arrows" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
For example, you could use it in a sentence such as "The archers sent a hail of arrows down upon the enemy army."
It would be no surprise if parrots flashed out of them, or a hail of arrows".
REAL water is sploshing over Glasgow, with an apocalyptic-looking hail of arrows raining down on the Shetland Isles in the shape of cruise missiles.
Expository dialogue alternates with and is sometimes interrupted by a hail of arrows, a dazzling flight of combat choreography, computer-assisted explosions or some combination of them all.
Their bodies are still there: the helicopter that went to collect them was driven away by a hail of arrows and spears.
The Athenian advance was evidently achieved under a hail of arrows; and the quicker the dangerous ground was covered, the better.
In the clash of traditional mass armies, under a hail of arrows or artillery shells, human warriors often found themselves confused and overwhelmed, a condition attributed to "the fog of war".
The movie redresses this balance, showing lines of archers firing deadly hails of arrows into the air.
Hails of arrows showered both sides as they closed.
But ABC's vision of itself as a kind of corporate St. Sebastian martyred in a hail of legal arrows was probably, from its standpoint, if not from that of the viewing public, too pessimistic.
– of interest on Monday that I found myself listening to Jeremy Vine on Radio 2, a show I would usually cross alligator-filled waters on a leaky raft under a hail of burning arrows to avoid.
David Cameron is another lover of arrows.
