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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The Star reported that three downpours turned the area near the stage into a mess in 2014, when mud-slinging left many attendees covered in goop.
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Dan Kelly
october 2, Kansas City Star, 2 Oct. 2025
Take Canadian actor Adam DiMarco, who returned to the City of Lights to star in Ami‘s fall 2025 campaign after attending the French label’s June show, which was famously followed by a torrential downpour.
—Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 1 Oct. 2025
Slow-moving thunderstorms frequently unleash catastrophic downpours over the South Fork burn scar, a region still reeling from two fires that scorched over 15,000 acres and destroyed 1,400 structures.
—Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2025
Storms can be spotty and short-lived, while others can unleash strong winds, flashes of lightning and torrential downpours.
—Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 27 Sep. 2025
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Dan Kelly
october 2, Kansas City Star, 2 Oct. 2025
Take Canadian actor Adam DiMarco, who returned to the City of Lights to star in Ami‘s fall 2025 campaign after attending the French label’s June show, which was famously followed by a torrential downpour.
—Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 1 Oct. 2025
Slow-moving thunderstorms frequently unleash catastrophic downpours over the South Fork burn scar, a region still reeling from two fires that scorched over 15,000 acres and destroyed 1,400 structures.
—Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2025
Storms can be spotty and short-lived, while others can unleash strong winds, flashes of lightning and torrential downpours.
—Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 27 Sep. 2025
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 9 Oct. 2025.
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downpour
noun
down·pour
-ˌpōr 
-ˌpȯr
: a heavy rain
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