How to Use rainstorm in a Sentence

rainstorm

noun

• This came on the heels of a big rainstorm that ended in the morning.
  — Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2021
• That snow didn’t even last through the day but was washed away by a mild rainstorm.
  — Washington Post, 21 Dec. 2020
• Both the rainstorms and the droughts are going to get more severe.
  — Umair Irfan, Vox, 24 Apr. 2018
• Further, the sun was about to set and a rainstorm had moved into the area.
  — cleveland, 7 Oct. 2020
• The rain that fell on Monday was the largest rainstorm since the Boston Marathon.
  — David Epstein, BostonGlobe.com, 7 June 2018
• Beds and Tales The stories kept coming, like rainstorms at the end of the day in the tropics.
  — vanityfair.com, 4 Jan. 2017
• On one Sunday, a rainstorm caused an LED light at the top of the wheel to short out and send out a spark.
  — Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 May 2021
• One of the costliest years was 2011, when the final day was hit by a heavy rainstorm.
  — Karina Atkins, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2024
• Maybe the grocery store was picked over, or there's a big rainstorm in the forecast.
  — Jennifer Aldrich, Country Living, 16 May 2019
• There had been a big rainstorm the night before Michael Magers’ first Kanaval.
  — Jackie Mansky, Smithsonian, 20 Mar. 2017
• That was where he was buried in March as a rainstorm soaked the mourners, the drops mingling with their tears.
  — Megan Specia, New York Times, 29 Oct. 2023
• The day after the rainstorm, the numbers below the overpass had swelled.
  — Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2023
• Last month water flowed out over the top of the city's Lafitte Canal during a heavy rainstorm.
  — Ryan Prior, CNN, 21 Aug. 2019
• The tents on Madison are sopping wet from the rainstorm the night before.
  — AZCentral.com, 22 Feb. 2021
• Can the jugglers withstand a rainstorm of hens or will they be yoked?
  — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 29 July 2025
• When a rainstorm knocked out the power at the Illinois State Fair in 2005, the first concern was the butter cow.
  — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 17 Aug. 2022
• While at the river, a heavy rainstorm hit and most people left.
  — CBS News, 23 Nov. 2024
• The game wasn’t much fun in 1983, when two so-so teams played to a scoreless tie in a driving rainstorm.
  — oregonlive, 25 Nov. 2020
• Allie Boy's was able to open for the weekend after the rainstorm, May 23 and 24.
  — Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 1 June 2020
• This way, a heavy rainstorm won't weigh down the middle of the fabric, and high winds won't blow the cover away.
  — Martha Sorren, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Sep. 2021
• The only sound heard through the top was rain when sitting still; a rainstorm is the only time the top should be up.
  — Andy Mikonis, chicagotribune.com, 13 June 2018
• And in the days following a rainstorm, Shultz says the crawlers create a sort of wake in the rocky substrate in front of them.
  — Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 17 Mar. 2022
• What’s the difference between a flock of birds and a rainstorm?
  — Chelsea Harvey, Scientific American, 17 Dec. 2019
• Harvey was the worst rainstorm in the history of the United States.
  — Eliana Dockterman, Time, 21 Sep. 2017
• But this wasn’t the first 1,000-year rainstorm in North Carolina this year.
  — Russ Schumacher, Discover Magazine, 8 Oct. 2024
• Many had crawled down and gotten stuck in a ravine right before a rainstorm.
  — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 14 Aug. 2024
• The incident followed a strong rainstorm event that pummeled the state earlier this week.
  — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 19 Feb. 2026
• At that point, a rainstorm is expected to roll into Boise.
  — Hali Smith, Idaho Statesman, 17 Feb. 2026
• Everything was fine until that major rainstorm last fall that caused several leaks in our roof.
  — Christopher A. Combs, AZCentral.com, 17 Feb. 2026
• Three days later, a cold front from the northwest pushed a terrific rainstorm with high winds through the area.
  — Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Jan. 2026