Examples of rainstorm in a Sentence
we ran into a big rainstorm on Highway 6, and the visibility was so poor we had to pull over
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After the pause for the holiday, work is set to resume on Friday and holes will be punched into the old pipe, Vukojevic said, adding the crews are prepared for the rainstorm that is expected.
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Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 23 Dec. 2025
Despite large swaths of San Francisco struggling with blackouts as heavy rainstorms moved through the Bay Area on Saturday night, the Warriors’ 119-116 win over the Suns was not lacking for juice.
—Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 21 Dec. 2025
The rescue comes after intense rainstorms resulted in flooding in multiple areas of the island, KHON reported.
—Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 18 Dec. 2025
That’s bad news for the program, which is in $22 billion of debt, plus faces rising costs to insure flood prone homes as climate change raises sea levels and intensifies rainstorms.
—Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 16 Dec. 2025
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Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 23 Dec. 2025
Despite large swaths of San Francisco struggling with blackouts as heavy rainstorms moved through the Bay Area on Saturday night, the Warriors’ 119-116 win over the Suns was not lacking for juice.
—Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 21 Dec. 2025
The rescue comes after intense rainstorms resulted in flooding in multiple areas of the island, KHON reported.
—Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 18 Dec. 2025
That’s bad news for the program, which is in $22 billion of debt, plus faces rising costs to insure flood prone homes as climate change raises sea levels and intensifies rainstorms.
—Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 16 Dec. 2025
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“Rainstorm.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rainstorm. Accessed 27 Dec. 2025.
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rainstorm
noun
rain·storm
-ˌstȯ(ə)rm 
: a storm of or with rain
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