rainier; rainiest
: marked by, abounding with, or bringing rain
rainy weather
Examples of rainy in a Sentence
found that the stretch of cold, rainy weather made his joints swell and ache
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Messi dished out a trio of assists as the South Florida side pummeled the New England Revolution, 4-1, at a rainy Chase Stadium.
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Franco Panizo, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2025
The rainy season brings an influx of plankton, which draws the Manta Rays to feed in Hanifaru Bay.
—Taylor McIntyre, Travel + Leisure, 5 Oct. 2025
On a wet, rainy night in Orlando, the Jayhawks prevailed in a one-score game against the UCF Knights.
—Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 5 Oct. 2025
The Gators were one of the last SEC schools with an indoor practice facility … despite sitting in a state with rainy Augusts/Septembers and playing in a stadium nicknamed The Swamp.
—Matt Baker, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
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Franco Panizo, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2025
The rainy season brings an influx of plankton, which draws the Manta Rays to feed in Hanifaru Bay.
—Taylor McIntyre, Travel + Leisure, 5 Oct. 2025
On a wet, rainy night in Orlando, the Jayhawks prevailed in a one-score game against the UCF Knights.
—Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 5 Oct. 2025
The Gators were one of the last SEC schools with an indoor practice facility … despite sitting in a state with rainy Augusts/Septembers and playing in a stadium nicknamed The Swamp.
—Matt Baker, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for rainy
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“Rainy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rainy. Accessed 10 Oct. 2025.
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Rainy
geographical name
river 80 miles (129 kilometers) long on the Canada–U.S. boundary between Ontario and Minnesota flowing from Rainy Lake into Lake of the Woods
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