rainy

Example Sentences

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This year, Download looks set to get off to a wet start with rainy spells and possibly thunder on both Wednesday and Thursday, though there will still be periods of sunshine.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

My earliest memories of the one-pot dish are of rainy days spent either lounging on the couch or under the sheets.

From Salon • Jun. 7, 2026

This argument runs that because quasilegal internal migrants lack access to the social safety net, they save too much for a rainy day.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

Regional climate centres are predicting "below-normal" rainfall during the critical June-September rainy season in the northern Greater Horn of Africa; below-average monsoon rainfall in south Asia; and drier and warmer summer conditions in central America.

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

I chose a fat crayon the color of elephant skin or a rainy sidewalk.

From "Wintergirls" by Laurie Halse Anderson