rainstorm

Example Sentences

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The season’s rainstorm brought a sky as blue as a newborn’s eyes, but water vapor is still rising from the multicolored canopies.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026

On a gray November Sunday, a handful of female customers braved a rainstorm to browse the racks at Detoure, which were well-stocked with clothes from Abercrombie & Fitch, Princess Polly and Revolve.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 21, 2026

"Even the weird barks that he does," laughs the 16-year-old, who braved a rainstorm to see Speed in action.

From BBC • Jan. 17, 2026

For one thing, there’s money in Dahlonega, the smalltown Atlanta suburb where Anna grew up—and where, during the kind of rainstorm that dissolves evidence, a body is found on the hood of a car.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026

By that afternoon, a vicious rainstorm arrived, and Chaol permitted Celaena to walk around the castle with him after she’d finished training with the other Champions for the day.

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas