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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Would the downpour deter other Chicagoans from showing up?
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Jessi Roti, Bon Appetit Magazine, 9 Dec. 2025
My first time wearing the loafers, I got stuck in a torrential downpour with no umbrella.
—Rylee Johnston, PEOPLE, 7 Dec. 2025
Meteorologists had warned of warmer ocean temperatures increasing rainy season downpours, but the formation of Cyclone Senyar over the Strait of Malacca, off Sumata’s east coast, compounded the weather disaster.
—Robert Birsel, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2025
He was mainly limited to handing the ball off when the Broncos played in a downpour against San Diego State earlier this month, and lost 17-7.
—Idaho Statesman, 29 Nov. 2025
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Jessi Roti, Bon Appetit Magazine, 9 Dec. 2025
My first time wearing the loafers, I got stuck in a torrential downpour with no umbrella.
—Rylee Johnston, PEOPLE, 7 Dec. 2025
Meteorologists had warned of warmer ocean temperatures increasing rainy season downpours, but the formation of Cyclone Senyar over the Strait of Malacca, off Sumata’s east coast, compounded the weather disaster.
—Robert Birsel, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2025
He was mainly limited to handing the ball off when the Broncos played in a downpour against San Diego State earlier this month, and lost 17-7.
—Idaho Statesman, 29 Nov. 2025
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“Downpour.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/downpour. Accessed 13 Dec. 2025.
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downpour
noun
down·pour
-ˌpōr 
-ˌpȯr
: a heavy rain
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