Sentence examples for ice or rain from inspiring English sources

He performs a function similar to that of Biegg-olmai, the wind man of the Sami, who is represented by a statue with a shovel and club in his hands for scooping out snow, ice, or rain from his abode.

He says tests under carefully controlled laboratory conditions show this works by stripping electrons from the atoms in the air, forming positively charged particles that help generate tiny "seeds" around which ice or rain drops can grow.

Fear descends with the darkness as the wind, snow, ice or rain lash at our windows and doors.

Particles higher than this can only descend by turbulence or by inclusion into rain (either by seeding ice or rain formation or by impaction by falling rain).

When ice melts or rain falls, the waste can run off roads and end up in the drinking supply.

Allowing your beard to become wet from snow, ice or freezing rain can cause it to dry out.

Ice, snow, sleet or rain can make a road's surface extremely slick and cause your brakes to work ineffectively.

Only ice or very heavy rain stop them.

They must not be worked more than 9 hours in any continuous 24-hour period or during "adverse weather," which includes snow, ice, heavy rain or other slippery conditions.

Airlines worry far more about wind or ice than rain, even torrential rain.

An advantage of this type of propulsion is that high acceleration and braking can be obtained without dependence on adhesion of the steel wheels to the steel rails in the presence of rain, ice, or a steep slope.