things being thrown at something or someone simultaneously.
She was pelted with stones.
the wind caught it up in little eddies and threw it at the window, as if it pelted me for coming there.Personification
I was pelted with shrapnel from the exploding grenades.
The Laestrygonians.
They were cyclopses.
No, it is passive.There are two clues:was pelted -- this is be + past participle this is the form of the verb in passive sentencesby hail -- passive sentences often end in by + noun (or noun phrase)
they pelted people with them.
Mangled, abused, thrashed, pounded, bludgeoned, maltreated, molested, pelted, worked over...
They escaped by going through the pondbut they were pelted with rocks
Jesse was dating Rachel (not shown in the episode) and then soon after he and his friends pelted eggs at her. :(
Pelt is a noun (the skin of an animal with the fur still on it). Pelt is also a verb (throw something repeatedly--they pelted each other with water balloons).
Thrilled with the snowstorm, The kids pelted each other with snowballs.