1
as in pouring
to fall as water in a continuous stream of drops from the clouds
it started raining early this morning and hasn't let up since
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2
as in showering
to give readily and in large quantities
she rained praise upon her graduating students the squadron rained bombs on the enemy's fortifications
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Recent Examples of raining
Connie served as a navigator on a bomber crew in World War II, and earned two Distinguished Flying Crosses for raining death from the sky on Nazi forces throughout Europe.
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David Hookstead Outkick, FOXNews.com, 25 May 2026
While not raining the entire time, wet weather will be around for a number of hours both days.
—Cutter Martin, CBS News, 19 May 2026
Four good friends and fellow volunteers vaporized in a fireball, their debris raining down to the sea, their bodies never seen again.
—Rick Jervis, USA Today, 18 May 2026
The Knicks weren’t raining jumpers from everywhere.
—C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 7 May 2026
The Iraqi child who showed me his drawing of a sky raining with bombs.
—Literary Hub, 28 Apr. 2026
If there is an occasional sugar storm raining down, the nutritional nest egg would hold your health together.
—Sheah Rarback, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2026
Letlow is not handily defeating Cassidy at this point in the race, and pro-Cassidy outside spending — mostly raining down on Letlow — dwarfs his opponents.
—Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 24 Apr. 2026
The glass began to sway as fans pounded on it in excitement and then gave way, with pieces raining on Smith.
—ABC News, 22 Apr. 2026
David Hookstead Outkick, FOXNews.com, 25 May 2026
While not raining the entire time, wet weather will be around for a number of hours both days.
—Cutter Martin, CBS News, 19 May 2026
Four good friends and fellow volunteers vaporized in a fireball, their debris raining down to the sea, their bodies never seen again.
—Rick Jervis, USA Today, 18 May 2026
The Knicks weren’t raining jumpers from everywhere.
—C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 7 May 2026
The Iraqi child who showed me his drawing of a sky raining with bombs.
—Literary Hub, 28 Apr. 2026
If there is an occasional sugar storm raining down, the nutritional nest egg would hold your health together.
—Sheah Rarback, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2026
Letlow is not handily defeating Cassidy at this point in the race, and pro-Cassidy outside spending — mostly raining down on Letlow — dwarfs his opponents.
—Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 24 Apr. 2026
The glass began to sway as fans pounded on it in excitement and then gave way, with pieces raining on Smith.
—ABC News, 22 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for raining
Verb
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The United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia are pouring sovereign capital into domestic AI compute.—
Jon Markman,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
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Crews are seen pouring water on a massive junkyard fire in Opa-locka on Tuesday, May 26, 2026.—
Marybel Rodriguez,
CBS News,
26 May 2026
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This revolutionary fervor culminated in both Fidel and Raúl, with roughly 140 rebel revolutionaries in tow, storming Cuba’s second-largest military installation, the Moncada Barracks, in July 1953.—
Drew Pittock,
USA Today,
20 May 2026
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Social Media Users Say Clavicular Was ‘Mogged’ After Clavicular went viral for storming out of a 60 Minutes interview, social media commentators joked that the looksmaxxer had been mogged by Adam Hegarty, an Australian journalist who has, presumably, never taken a hammer to his face.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2026
Verb
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That was when the market capitalization of tech companies began to grow again, and more wealthy people began flooding Silicon Valley.—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
24 May 2026
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Texas and Louisiana face the greatest risk of flooding Saturday and Sunday.—
Holly Yan,
CNN Money,
22 May 2026
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“Raining.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/raining. Accessed 30 May. 2026.
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