rainier; rainiest
: marked by, abounding with, or bringing rain
rainy weather
Examples of rainy in a Sentence
found that the stretch of cold, rainy weather made his joints swell and ache
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Be sure to keep the feeders clean, and check them often during the rainy season to make sure the seed remains dry.
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Joan Morris, Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2025
Tuesday is also expected to see rainy weather and a high in the upper 50s, forecasts show.
—Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 12 Oct. 2025
On a rainy Saturday last summer, I can be found paddling out, popping up, and generally hanging ten—goofily, shakily, semi-triumphantly—in a skylit East Village walk-up.
—Sally Singer, Vogue, 10 Oct. 2025
Severe weather during our rainy and hurricane seasons make vehicles particularly susceptible to damage from wind, flood, and hail, leading to an increase in vehicle claims.
—Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
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Joan Morris, Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2025
Tuesday is also expected to see rainy weather and a high in the upper 50s, forecasts show.
—Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 12 Oct. 2025
On a rainy Saturday last summer, I can be found paddling out, popping up, and generally hanging ten—goofily, shakily, semi-triumphantly—in a skylit East Village walk-up.
—Sally Singer, Vogue, 10 Oct. 2025
Severe weather during our rainy and hurricane seasons make vehicles particularly susceptible to damage from wind, flood, and hail, leading to an increase in vehicle claims.
—Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for rainy
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“Rainy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rainy. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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Rainy
geographical name
river 80 miles (129 kilometers) long on the Canada–U.S. boundary between Ontario and Minnesota flowing from Rainy Lake into Lake of the Woods
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