- present participle of rain.
raining
Example Sentences
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It was raining, and there were no customers.
From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026
You have to schlep around while it’s raining, snowing or just hot.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
"I love it under here, when it's raining you can walk to the shops without getting your hair wet."
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
All of this would happen because the financial professional had read the midyear reports raining down from major financial institutions.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 25, 2026
And the question that really haunted him: “How were we serving American purposes in raining down punishment on the people in these houses?”
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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