1. The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.

2. Hailstone are rattling on the window-panes.

3. One great big hailstone, right?

4. I found a small but perfectly-formed hailstone on my knee, which must have got in through the air vent.

5. Gravity is pulling every raindrop and snowflake and hailstone.

6. A hailstone hit the county on Monday, and caused losses to the banana production.

7. Another was knocked 2 unconscious by a hailstone that came through the open window of his pick - up.

8. And in 1958, a Sussex storm delivered a 5oz hailstone, Britain's heaviest ever.

9. A Shower of rain drove down upon us, each drop stinging like a hailstone.

1. The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.