How to Use rainmaker in a Sentence

rainmaker

noun

• Sally brought a fairly strong storm surge and was a huge rainmaker.
  — Mark Schleifstein, NOLA.com, 19 Sep. 2020
• In a law firm, don’t ask the rainmaker to train the associates.
  — Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Oct. 2025
• James and Keating aren’t aiming for a rainmaker, just to break even.
  — Matt Wake | [email protected], al, 16 Sep. 2022
• Fred will be a rainmaker more than anything for the Gulf Coast and well inland.
  — Leigh Morgan, al, 15 Aug. 2021
• By Sunday, clouds will begin to stream in ahead of our next rainmaker early next week.
  — Newsroom Meteorologist, Austin American Statesman, 7 Feb. 2026
• Johnson, not known as a party rainmaker, has large financial shoes to fill.
  — Annie Karni, New York Times, 12 Nov. 2023
• Our next rainmaker comes Monday.
  — Bill Kelly, CBS News, 28 May 2026
• Pence has already proved to be one of the most effective rainmakers since taking office.
  — Vaughn Hillyard, NBC News, 3 Mar. 2018
• No major rainmakers, but a few disturbances bring chances for spotty showers at times this week.
  — Molly Robey, Washington Post, 19 Feb. 2023
• Emhoff was the convener, the rainmaker, the organized one, the one who saw the future.
  — Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2020
• Fifty years ago a rainmaker named Hatfield returned to San Diego.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Jan. 2022
• This storm could be a big rainmaker from Washington to Boston.
  — Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 9 May 2017
• More and more often, exemptions to age limits are given to rainmakers.
  — Literary Hub, 18 June 2026
• The cold mass of air left behind by the rainmaker from earlier this week isn’t done with the Bay Area just yet.
  — Gerry Díaz, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Jan. 2023
• Eta has been a big rainmaker more than anything, and more rain is expected for Florida this week.
  — Leigh Morgan, al, 9 Nov. 2020
• Portland’s rainmaker front will push across the region by early Sunday.
  — oregonlive, 16 June 2023
• The main rainmaker will have drifted well to our north, but pop-up showers and storms will still be quite possible in the afternoon and evening.
  — David Streit, Washington Post, 22 June 2023
• Moreover, since the rainmakers pocket the largest cut of the fee, their subordinates have less incentive to do a fine job.
  — The Economist, 6 Feb. 2020
• Barry has been a rainmaker above all else and continues to be as of Sunday afternoon.
  — Leigh Morgan, al.com, 14 July 2019
• The wave is likely to be a rainmaker over the Lesser Antilles, but not much else is predicted.
  — Joe Mario Pedersen, orlandosentinel.com, 30 June 2021
• This work has made him, some say, a singular force, a rainmaker without peer on the Harvard faculty.
  — Rebecca Ostriker, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Dec. 2021
• Matty is assigned to Olympia, a senior attorney and key rainmaker with a thirst for justice.
  — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 5 Apr. 2025
• But what the Ducks head coach probably needs is a rainmaker/visionary play caller who will help push him out of his comfort zone some.
  — oregonlive, 29 Dec. 2019
• Gwyneth may be a rainmaker in the aspirational space, but her influence is far from the only reason crystals have taken off.
  — Candace Braun Davison, House Beautiful, 18 Sep. 2019
• Lourd has emerged over the past 20 years as an industry rainmaker who commands respect from talent and management alike.
  — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 7 Sep. 2023
• The hiring spree paid off, with a surge in the firm’s revenue and in profits per partner—even as the new cadre of rainmakers took home salaries in the range of twenty million dollars.
  — Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2025
• Additionally, the rainmaker is still a flood threat, the NHC said.
  — Joe Mario Pedersen, orlandosentinel.com, 18 Aug. 2021
• Entering Game 1, the two biggest rainmakers in the series were Tkachuk and Eichel.
  — Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 3 June 2023
• Last week, the former Sotheby’s rainmaker was walking through the lobby of Christie’s, opening secret doors.
  — Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 1 May 2026
• The news of his hiring added $400 million to the company’s market cap, as investors bet that the one-time biotech rainmaker could come through once more.
  — Damian Garde, STAT, 10 Apr. 2018