rainless

Definition of rainlessnext

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of rainless Overwatering Problems In Vegetable Gardens During the hot, rainless summers in the South, giving a vegetable garden more and more water seems ideal to keep plants looking perky and their produce growing larger. Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 8 May 2026 Drought hangs like a dark, rainless cloud over the borderlands. Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 26 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rainless
Adjective
  • The best times to see the Northern Lights are during the winter months when the sky is cloudless and the moon wanes.
    Jason Mastrodonato, Mercury News, 27 May 2025
  • The sky in Modesto and Sacramento is expected to be cloudless on Tuesday night, when the best galaxy viewing conditions begin, according to to the National Weather Service’s seven-day forecast.
    Hannah Poukish, Sacbee.com, 19 May 2025
Adjective
  • As noted by the Brewers broadcast, a second-inning double by A’s shortstop Alika Williams might have gone foul if not for the extremely arid Las Vegas air.
    Levi Weaver, New York Times, 9 June 2026
  • The semi-arid region’s population has exploded over the past century—the river served only 457,000 people in 1922—as has its agriculture sector, which now covers more than 5 million acres of farmland and accounts for 70% of all water use.
    The Week US, TheWeek, 8 June 2026
Adjective
  • See how designer Hattie Sparks Collins gave her in-laws' new build to a sunny dose of gathering-place nostalgia.
    Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 30 June 2026
  • For a city often known first for its beaches, nightlife, and warm, sunny weather, the findings highlight just how far the Florida city's dining scene has come.
    Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 30 June 2026
Adjective
  • Combine gin, lime juice, syrup, Aperol and dry Curaçao in a shaker filled with ice.
    Angela Hansberger, AJC.com, 25 June 2026
  • Although oil companies still needed to use up a significant portion of their inventories during the supply shock, the demand destruction kept crude stockpiles from running dry.
    David Goldman, CNN Money, 25 June 2026
Adjective
  • Create a sunshiny mix by planting pale yellow 'Moonbeam' alongside the richer, more golden 'Zagreb,' Yost says.
    Ann Hinga Klein, Martha Stewart, 7 May 2026
  • Yet, that sunshiny aspect might actually work against it and send voters toward something with a little more weight.
    Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 26 Jan. 2026
Adjective
  • The two were reported missing around 9 p.m. near the Cap Draa Training Area outside Tan-Tan, a terrain featuring mountains, desert and semi-desert plains, the Moroccan military said.
    Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 11 May 2026
  • The terrain is mountainous, a mix of desert and semi-desert plains.
    Ope Adetayo, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2026
Adjective
  • Exotic animals in Real County Sheriff Nathan Johnson said the mild climate and rugged terrain of the Texas Hill Country seems to serve as a good stand-in for most of the animals' native African environments, and is no stranger to tracking missing animals, especially after floods.
    Steven Rosenbaum, CBS News, 26 June 2026
  • Luckily for the man, the effects were relatively mild.
    Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 26 June 2026
Adjective
  • Klinger recommends to steam it before marinating to reduce bitterness, and then grill, pan-sear, or crumble it into recipes.
    Jillian Kubala, Health, 12 Dec. 2025
  • Her sister’s sere hair went among the grasses; her head was full of the Child.
    Patricia Lockwood, New Yorker, 18 May 2025

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“Rainless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rainless. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.

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