Examples of downpour in a Sentence
the downpour was so heavy that we were soaked by the time we got to the car
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Severe weather activity will quickly wind down just before midnight, but the flash flooding threat will linger around through the overnight with any of the heavier downpours that set up.
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Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 3 May 2025
During the next heavy downpour, Ms. Chalk looked outside.
—Cara Buckley, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2025
But in Jane Austen’s original novel, the scene occurs inside, empty of any steady downpours or rolling hills in the background.
—Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 19 Apr. 2025
The most memorable of these was the show which Prince headlined amid a downpour.
—Paul Grein, Billboard, 13 Apr. 2025
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Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 3 May 2025
During the next heavy downpour, Ms. Chalk looked outside.
—Cara Buckley, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2025
But in Jane Austen’s original novel, the scene occurs inside, empty of any steady downpours or rolling hills in the background.
—Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 19 Apr. 2025
The most memorable of these was the show which Prince headlined amid a downpour.
—Paul Grein, Billboard, 13 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for downpour
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“Downpour.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/downpour. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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downpour
noun
down·pour
-ˌpōr 
-ˌpȯr
: a heavy rain
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