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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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
Brother Dusk detonates explosives that shatter the cryonic chamber of Cleon clones, bodies raining down in blood and glass, before plucking a single embryo from the wreckage to bait Demerzel’s deepest programming.
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Jp Mangalindan, Time, 12 Sep. 2025
In August, Russia’s aerial assaults on Ukraine slowed markedly, with 4,288 projectiles raining down on Ukrainian cities, an average of 138 per day.
—Katya Soldak, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
No, nothing like those fly-swatters raining down on the court at Miami Arena when the Heat won the teams’ inaugural Miami meeting in 1989.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 16 Aug. 2025
Motorists laid on their horns as cheers went up from the crowd and shredded paper began raining down from the skyscraper windows above.
—Nick Woltman, Twin Cities, 15 Aug. 2025
In between chunks of death raining down on major cities, Bruce Willis leads a team of astronauts into battle against an enormous rock ready to kill all of mankind.
—Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Photographer Josh Dury captured a breathtaking view of Perseid meteors raining down alongside the glowing band of the Milky Way towards the Durdle Door rock formation on the coast of Dorset in the UK.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Jp Mangalindan, Time, 12 Sep. 2025
In August, Russia’s aerial assaults on Ukraine slowed markedly, with 4,288 projectiles raining down on Ukrainian cities, an average of 138 per day.
—Katya Soldak, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
No, nothing like those fly-swatters raining down on the court at Miami Arena when the Heat won the teams’ inaugural Miami meeting in 1989.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 16 Aug. 2025
Motorists laid on their horns as cheers went up from the crowd and shredded paper began raining down from the skyscraper windows above.
—Nick Woltman, Twin Cities, 15 Aug. 2025
In between chunks of death raining down on major cities, Bruce Willis leads a team of astronauts into battle against an enormous rock ready to kill all of mankind.
—Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Photographer Josh Dury captured a breathtaking view of Perseid meteors raining down alongside the glowing band of the Milky Way towards the Durdle Door rock formation on the coast of Dorset in the UK.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for raining
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The world of work is rapidly changing but pouring all resources into AI and letting humans go isn’t the answer.—
Gary Drenik,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Afterward, Kirk's head tilted to the side and blood could be seen pouring from his neck.—
Ella McCarthy,
Arkansas Online,
10 Sep. 2025
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Get Devastating George Kittle Injury News The SEC fined Mississippi State $500,000 on Monday for the field-storming incident, according to On3.—
Michael Gallagher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Sep. 2025
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On August 18th, Cindy Romero, an American tenant of CBZ’s Dallas Street property, recorded a video of six men with rifles storming a hallway in her building.—
Jonathan Blitzer,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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The Hortmans’ assassination received a flurry of coverage over the strange circumstances under which it was carried out, with pictures of Boelter in his silicone mask initially flooding social media.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
16 Sep. 2025
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But then the torrent of anonymous text messages that would put their relationship to the test began flooding in.—
Liam Quinn,
PEOPLE,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Raining.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/raining. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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