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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Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 15 May 2026
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Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 15 May 2026
The likelihood of a potentially powerful El Niño taking shape in the Pacific Ocean is rising, heightening concerns that Southern California could be in for an extreme rainy season.
—Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2026
Typically, Catatumbo Lightning is most active in the rainy season of July to November, with the peak typically occurring in September and October.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 13 May 2026
Against the backdrop of a rainy, nocturnal London, O’Shaughnessy reprises his role as photographer Miles who obsessively captures unforgiving, morbid portraits of unaware strangers.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 11 May 2026
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 17 May. 2026.
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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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