Sentence examples for we were pelted with from inspiring English sources

We were pelted with tomatoes and eggs.

We were pelted with emails, Facebook messages, and phone calls.

Over the weekend, we were pelted with snow, as was much of the East.

While we are on the topic of receiving a dump in the mouth from a hot air balloon let's take a moment to pause and to reflect on the squishy, maggot-filled, decaying sequels we were pelted with in 2016: Bridget Jones's Baby, Alice Through the Looking Glass, Batman v Superman, The Huntsman: Winter's War, and Independence Day 2: Resurgence.

This novel reminds us what a remarkable observer Wallace was — a first-class "noticer," to use a Saul Bellow term, of the muchness of the world around him, chronicling the overwhelming data and demands that we are pelted with, second by second, minute by minute, and the protean, overstuffed landscape we dwell in.

In response, an interracial group of protesters staged the city's first "wade-in," singing "We Shall Overcome" as they were pelted with curses and rocks.

We were pelted all night with microscopic pieces of the track.

Firemen were pelted with bottles.

Police were pelted with golf balls.

Gendarmes were pelted with glass bottles, flares and stones.

Police vans were pelted with rocks, prosecutors said.