Examples of rainstorm in a Sentence
we ran into a big rainstorm on Highway 6, and the visibility was so poor we had to pull over
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Recent rainstorms across California are also contributing to a surge in termite sightings.
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Sacbee.com, 10 Mar. 2026
Then, for those seeds to grow, rainstorms need to occur at an even interval between winter and spring.
—Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 10 Mar. 2026
Higher temperatures convert would-be snowstorms into rainstorms.
—Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 9 Mar. 2026
On a much brighter note, attendees at Miles Davis’ electrifying 1985 debut gig at Humphreys, which took place during a driving rainstorm, listened in rapt attention throughout.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Mar. 2026
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Sacbee.com, 10 Mar. 2026
Then, for those seeds to grow, rainstorms need to occur at an even interval between winter and spring.
—Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 10 Mar. 2026
Higher temperatures convert would-be snowstorms into rainstorms.
—Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 9 Mar. 2026
On a much brighter note, attendees at Miles Davis’ electrifying 1985 debut gig at Humphreys, which took place during a driving rainstorm, listened in rapt attention throughout.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for rainstorm
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“Rainstorm.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rainstorm. Accessed 16 Mar. 2026.
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rainstorm
noun
rain·storm
-ˌstȯ(ə)rm 
: a storm of or with rain
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