raindrops

Example Sentences

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Above the fracas of color float three white clouds, from which raindrops hang like strings of beads dressing up a doorway.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

Tiny dust particles suspended in the atmosphere are captured by raindrops and deposited onto surfaces, leaving a thin, gritty, reddish-brown residue.

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026

It’s a rare gray Saturday in Los Angeles; raindrops collect along a window overlooking a row of trees at Le Parc at Melrose.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 19, 2025

Real raindrops vary in both size and speed, and these differences could influence power generation.

From Science Daily • Nov. 15, 2025

I did not realize that my cousins had left; now the verandah was so silent I could hear the sound of the raindrops sliding off the leaves.

From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie