rainless

Example Sentences

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They said they could even smell the smoke indoors, in a Manhattan restaurant, then walked outside and saw a sky that looked like it was about to storm — but was rainless.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 6, 2023

The weather necessary for fire — high temperatures, low humidity, rainless days and high winds — lasts more than a month longer than it did four decades ago.

From Washington Post • Jan. 5, 2022

Vegetation was at record dryness heading into fire season, and it grew drier over the rainless summer.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 26, 2021

Every year the grass and shrubs dry out over the long rainless summers.

From New York Times • Aug. 24, 2020

The Eastern man, though he has been told, feels the earth is sick in the rainless months.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck