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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Because of the downpour and related travel restrictions, much of the city has ground to a standstill, with even Broadway cancelling all shows Sunday evening.
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Chad De Guzman, Time, 23 Feb. 2026
The story sees a soccer team of 12 boys and their assistant coach enter the Tham Luang Nang Non cave system, which floods after a downpour and traps them.
—Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Feb. 2026
Nearly 10,000 were affected by the downpours in recent days, including more than 3,200 people who were forced to move to emergency shelters or with relatives, Dayanghirang said.
—Arkansas Online, 21 Feb. 2026
Managing rivers in a warming climate Meghan Quinn, California dam removal director at American Rivers, said the rupture underscores the risks that come with trying to manage rivers primarily through aging dams and pipelines in an era of more extreme swings between drought and downpours.
—Chaewon Chung, Sacbee.com, 19 Feb. 2026
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Chad De Guzman, Time, 23 Feb. 2026
The story sees a soccer team of 12 boys and their assistant coach enter the Tham Luang Nang Non cave system, which floods after a downpour and traps them.
—Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Feb. 2026
Nearly 10,000 were affected by the downpours in recent days, including more than 3,200 people who were forced to move to emergency shelters or with relatives, Dayanghirang said.
—Arkansas Online, 21 Feb. 2026
Managing rivers in a warming climate Meghan Quinn, California dam removal director at American Rivers, said the rupture underscores the risks that come with trying to manage rivers primarily through aging dams and pipelines in an era of more extreme swings between drought and downpours.
—Chaewon Chung, Sacbee.com, 19 Feb. 2026
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“Downpour.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/downpour. Accessed 27 Feb. 2026.
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downpour
noun
down·pour
-ˌpōr 
-ˌpȯr
: a heavy rain
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