How to Use rain out in a Sentence
rain out
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The game was rained out, which the team did not feel was a bad thing.
—Henry Schulman, SFChronicle.com, 2 Apr. 2020
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The Giants game was rained out for the first time in more than a decade.
—Carter Evans, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2018
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She was rained out last year, so this counts as her first Jazz Fest.
—Doug MacCash, NOLA.com, 5 May 2018
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Moving the Olympics is not like rescheduling a game that has been rained out.
—Tim Sullivan, The Courier-Journal, 23 Mar. 2020
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They were supposed to start last week but it got rained out so this is their first night.
—R29 Team, refinery29.com, 8 July 2024
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He was supposed to play Sunday in Daytona Beach, but the game was rained out.
—Craig Davis, Sun-Sentinel.com, 17 Apr. 2018
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Their home opener was snowed out, and two games in Detroit were rained out, along with one and a third games here.
—New York Times, 16 May 2018
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And then, on Aug. 29, when Long’s finally scheduled to return to a game, the game is rained out.
—C. Trent Rosecrans, Cincinnati.com, 21 Oct. 2017
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The Mid-American and street stock features were rained out.
—Tony Baranek, Daily Southtown, 15 June 2019
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Buy with confidence this year: if it's rained out, the zoo will refund your gift.
—Bud Kennedy, star-telegram, 16 May 2018
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Of course, if the game is rained out, the extra day of rest could also benefit the Cubs pitching staff.
—Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 10 Oct. 2017
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Thompson’s last event scheduled for June 30 was rained out.
—Shawn Courchesne, courant.com, 25 July 2019
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On a day when many softball teams in the Bay Area had their games rained out, Dublin was able to win a thriller at a tournament.
—Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 5 Apr. 2024
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After Tuesday’s off day, the Tigers were rained out Wednesday.
—Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press, 12 Apr. 2020
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The Flyers managed to schedule one more contest that year, but it was rained out.
—Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 9 Oct. 2019
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With last year's parade being rained out, things have been in motion for the 100th parade for awhile now.
—Michael Walsh, Courant Community, 21 May 2018
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Youth soccer leagues have been rained out and farmers' crops are way behind.
—Meg Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 17 June 2019
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After the Brewers and Pirates were rained out in Pittsburgh on Thursday, the team moved all its starters back a day.
—Todd Rosiak, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 21 June 2018
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With the Yankees rained out, Boone spoke to Williams about no longer closing on Saturday.
—Gary Phillips, Hartford Courant, 27 Apr. 2025
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The Hawthorne Bridge maintenance that got rained out last Sunday is on for this weekend.
—oregonlive, 25 Oct. 2019
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Nor was the fact that the show was supposed to be held in the afternoon in the streets of the Brera district, but got rained out at the last minute and was forced indoors.
—Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 23 Sep. 2023
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The other is to win the conference tournament, which got rained out last year.
—Sean Begin, courant.com, 13 May 2018
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Tanner Roark was scheduled to start against in Game 4 on Tuesday, but the game was rained out and rescheduled for Wednesday.
—Daniel Rapaport, SI.com, 10 Oct. 2017
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The teams were supposed to play a doubleheader on Friday, but both games were rained out.
—John Jackson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Sep. 2019
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When the procession was rained out two years ago, the community was crushed.
—National Geographic, 6 Feb. 2020
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The game was originally scheduled to be played Tuesday, but was rained out.
—Creg Stephenson, AL.com, 11 Oct. 2017
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The race was held Monday after being rained out Sunday.
—SFChronicle.com, 10 June 2019
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Summer doesn’t last forever, and this one is getting rained out.
—Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 19 June 2019
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This year’s Chalk Walk had been rescheduled to Saturday after being rained out in May.
—Greg May, Houston Chronicle, 26 Oct. 2019
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Saturday will be the Yankees’ second doubleheader of the week, as the team also played two against the Angels on Wednesday after getting rained out on Tuesday.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 9 Aug. 2024
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