downpour

Example Sentences

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Each time a downpour begins, Scott strips down to the waist, grabs a large glass jug, and runs out to one of three drainpipes to collect enough water to last the week.

From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026

A mother sloth shelters her baby from a downpour at La Selva Biological Station, Costa Rica.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

Instead, Lovett was calf-deep in sludgy rain water flooding the streets from a sudden downpour, standing at the roll-gate of a ripped-apart warehouse.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2026

As the skies changed from intense heat to a sudden downpour in the afternoon, only 11 riders emerged to weather the conditions.

From Barron's • Feb. 4, 2026

The rain quickly went from a sprinkle to a downpour, thundering against the leaves and trenching water through the soil.

From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer