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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Lingering in a downpour at Père Lachaise, our narrator makes a less canonical comparison.
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Emily Cox, ARTnews.com, 22 May 2026
Someone driving on Atlanta’s downtown connector experienced a downpour.
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Localized flooding possible with heavy downpours.
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The strongest storms could produce damaging winds along with hail and blinding downpours.
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Emily Cox, ARTnews.com, 22 May 2026
Someone driving on Atlanta’s downtown connector experienced a downpour.
—Marshall Shepherd, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
Localized flooding possible with heavy downpours.
—Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 22 May 2026
The strongest storms could produce damaging winds along with hail and blinding downpours.
—Cutter Martin, CBS News, 20 May 2026
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 28 May. 2026.
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downpour
noun
down·pour
-ˌpōr 
-ˌpȯr
: a heavy rain
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