Word Finder - hailed

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Of hail, to fall from the sky.

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They say it's going to hail tomorrow.

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To send or release hail.

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The cloud would hail down furiously within a few minutes.

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To pour down in rapid succession.

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To greet; give salutation to; salute.

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To name; to designate; to call.

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He was hailed as a hero.

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To call out loudly in order to gain the attention of

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Hail a taxi.

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To signal in order to initiate communication with.

In Italy the revelation of the treaty was hailed with satisfaction.

This project can only be hailed as a tremendous success.

Kant was hailed by some as a second Messiah.

The sentence was not carried out, but by the capitulation of Wittenberg (Ma .y 1547) he renounced the electoral dignity and a part of his lands in favour of Maurice, steadfastly refusing however to make any concessions on religious matters, and remained in captivity until May 1552, when he returned to the Thuringian lands which his sons had been allowed to retain, his return being hailed with wild enthusiasm.

The Danes hailed his son Canute, a lad of eighteen, as king, but many of the English, though they had submitted to a hard-handed conqueror like Sweyn, were not prepared to be handed over like slaves to his untried successor.

Hailed as the best white double basket fuchsia raised to date.

Such severity was most impolitic, and Lancaster was ere long hailed as a saint and a martyr.

Many an armchair veteran hailed as a hero felt distinctly less heroic amid the din and stress of action.

The battered crown which had fallen from Richards helmet was set on the victors head by Lord Stanley, the chief of the Yorkist peers who had joined his standard, and his army hailed him by the new title of Henry VII.

The capture of the Bastille was hailed throughout Europe as' symbolizing the fall of absolute monarchy, and the victory of the insurgents had momentous consequences.

On the 8th of March a coup d'etat, engineered by a party of her personal friends, overthrew the supreme privy council and she was hailed as autocrat.

This had been hailed with joy by all who had been his comrades in his days of Francis I.

A long-drawn echo from all classes hailed a revolution that was possible because it was necessary.

While I had an address for Willard Humphries' mission, I wasn't familiar with Philly, so I hailed a cab.

If you hadn't felt it necessary to warn me about the storm, your car wouldn't have been here when it hailed.

Released in February 1977 Marquee Moon was hailed by critics as one of the most striking and original recording debuts in years.

At this time this seemed desirable so I hailed the lorry and got into the cabin.

At the time, the Canadian high commissioner hailed that as NEPAD passing its first test.

Williams team principal Frank Williams hailed the deal as a landmark step toward making his outfit competitive once again.

The discovery of the double pulsar was hailed by Science magazine as one of the Top 10 scientific advances of 2004.

Telcora Interconnect Fraud & Revenue Leakage Training hailed a great success by Cable & Wireless.

The author was hailed as the "German Plato," or the "German Socrates"; royal and other aristocratic friends showered attentions on him, and it is no exaggeration to assert with Kayserling that "no stranger who came to Berlin failed to pay his personal respects to the German Socrates."

The pedigree-makers have hailed him in turn as the descendant of a Norman "Auber, earl of Passy" and as the heir of Hereward, "the last of the English."

By August Vieuville's worst fears were realized; he was arrested on the 13th of the month for corrupt practices in office, and the intriguing cardinal who had caused his overthrow became chief minister of Louis His advent was hailed with joy by both the Catholic party and the patriotic party, eager for the overthrow of Habsburg supremacy in Europe.

All Europe, then, hailed with joy the exploit of Constantine Kanaris, who on the night of June 18-19 succeeded in steering a fire-ship among the Turkish squadron off Scio, and burned the flag-ship of the capudan-pasha with 3000 souls on board.

Johan Nordahl Brun (1745-1816), a young writer who did better things later on, gave the finishing touch to the exotic absurdity by bringing out a wretched piece called Zarina, which was hailed by the press as the first original Danish tragedy, although Ewald's exquisite Rolf Krage, which truly merited that title, had appeared two years before.

His attempt to reorganize the finances by the systematic levy of taxes was hailed with delight, but the government was not strong enough to carry the measures through, and the money which should have been used to pay the taxes was employed to purchase firearms. Thus the benign intentions of Mulai Abdel-Aziz were interpreted as weakness, and Europeans were accused of having spoiled the sultan and of being desirous of spoiling the country.

She 's being hailed as Britain 's answer to Karen O, for both her flamboyant charity shop style and her sassy in-yer-face vocals.

The capture of Saddam Hussein in December was hailed as vindication of the war - but that did n't draw a line either.

The establishment of the Interstate Commerce Commission was hailed as a first step toward ending the devastation wrought by rate wars.

Xbox live does charge a subscription fee, but has been hailed as having the best online play of all the systems.

There will always be a food or substance that is hailed as the new miracle or wonder.

Although the movie was not critically hailed, it did fulfill Hill's desire to be in the movies.

Although many critics hailed Holmes as the "Audrey Hepburn of her generation" and a future star, her film career has seen mixed reviews.

Cindy Margolis, hailed the "Queen of the Internet" by the Guinness Book of World Records, took some time to answer questions for our LovetoKnow Celebrity readers.

The team members on Celebrity Fit Club 5 are being hailed as the show's fittest group to date.

Police were called to the Van Winkle residence in the early evening hours, hailed there by his wife Laura.

While a select few hailed the ensemble as avant-garde, the general consensus was that it was a major mistake for the style-challenged star.

The movie has been hailed as groundbreaking by many, as it gives the Native actors equal footing with non-Natives and doesn't present them in stereotypical roles or situations.

With a reputation for explicit raunchy humor and great guitar licks, Blink-182 is hailed as one of the founders of pop/punk music.

This band is rightly hailed as one of the greatest and most popular exponents of the Southern Rock guitar band movement of the 1970s.

The album was hailed as a pleasurable mix between comedy, electric guitars and everything in between.

The Gran Turismo series has long been hailed as the gaming holy grail of professional racing.

Especially in later games such as Paper Mario and Super Mario RPG, Mario's ability to jump is hailed as his trademark.

It was hailed as the most original game since Mario and even touted as the Mario-beater.

Released in April 2005 in the US, Psychonauts for the Xbox and PS2 was widely hailed as one of the most original, most innovative, and funniest titles of the year.

When Namco released Soul Caliber, the original, it was widely hailed as the most beautifully perfect fighting game for a console.

The Sims franchise has been hailed as the best-selling video game series in history.

After a long and terrifying hike out of the woods, Claudia hailed a car.

The 1 1/4 inch plate is hailed as the "most popular" size amongst the Solia hair styling products.