monsoon

Example Sentences

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In reality, come Saturday, it will be 35 days since Scotland found misery in the monsoon at the Olimpico, but in every other way it feels like months.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

This contrast points to the importance of regional influences, including strong monsoon winds, ocean circulation patterns, and water exchange from nearby seas.

From Science Daily • Jan. 29, 2026

While the annual monsoon season often brings heavy rain to Indonesia, this month's deluge was among the worst disasters to strike Sumatra since a magnitude-9.1 earthquake triggered a massive tsunami in 2004.

From Barron's • Dec. 25, 2025

If we had wind chimes, it would’ve been a Lollapalooza monsoon of surly zephyrs all the livelong night.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2025

The air, as always at the beginning of the monsoon, lay like a blanket upon the earth, damp and suffocating, but when it blew the wind came through the rain wet and chill.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya