On the way home the sky darkened and began pelting the sea with hailstones.
New York Times(Nov 22, 2016)
Horizontal rain struck like buckshot, and the hailstones carpeted the course.
Golf Digest(Sep 25, 2016)
Once the sun sets, they drop like hailstones onto the ground and scurry into their burrows.
Washington Post(Sep 01, 2016)