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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Parents push their children in strollers during downpour breaks, walking and clinging to their coffee cups for warmth.
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Suzette Hackney, USA Today, 13 Oct. 2025
Storms can be spotty and short-lived, while others can unleash strong winds, flashes of lightning and torrential downpours.
—Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 13 Oct. 2025
The Southeast Coast from Florida up to the Wilmington, Delaware, area are currently getting soaked with rain, with some of the downpours heavy enough to cause some flash flooding in areas late Friday.
—Kyle Reiman, ABC News, 11 Oct. 2025
Just a few hours before the show, a torrential downpour threatens to halt the event, but Victoria perseveres.
—Ellise Shafer, Variety, 9 Oct. 2025
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Suzette Hackney, USA Today, 13 Oct. 2025
Storms can be spotty and short-lived, while others can unleash strong winds, flashes of lightning and torrential downpours.
—Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 13 Oct. 2025
The Southeast Coast from Florida up to the Wilmington, Delaware, area are currently getting soaked with rain, with some of the downpours heavy enough to cause some flash flooding in areas late Friday.
—Kyle Reiman, ABC News, 11 Oct. 2025
Just a few hours before the show, a torrential downpour threatens to halt the event, but Victoria perseveres.
—Ellise Shafer, Variety, 9 Oct. 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 19 Oct. 2025.
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downpour
noun
down·pour
-ˌpōr 
-ˌpȯr
: a heavy rain
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