- present participle of rain.
raining
Example Sentences
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It was raining, and there were no customers.
From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026
"I closed the door, and then the explosion happened, and it threw me against the door - everything was raining down on me," says Scott Johnson.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
"It sounds like it's raining, which is a sound I don't mind too much," Bianco said.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 10, 2026
“Whether it began raining precisely at that moment I have my doubts,” Haig says.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026
“This weather. It’s been raining nonstop for three weeks. I’m growing moss.”
From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti
