How to Use rain in a Sentence

rain

1 of 2 noun

• We've had a week of rain.
• The rains came and flooded the valley.
• A light rain began to fall.
• There has been some flooding due to the recent heavy rains.
• What the garden needs is a good, soaking rain.
• Everyone went inside when the rain began to fall.
• The weatherman forecasts rain for this afternoon.
• Most of the area sees no more than a tenth of an inch of rain.
  — David Streit, Washington Post, 30 Nov. 2023
• More than an inch of rain fell during the storm, the NWS said.
  — Talia Lissauer, BostonGlobe.com, 26 July 2023
• The canyon got 61 inches of rain this year, one of the wettest Cirone has seen.
  — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 29 Nov. 2023
• By the end of the week, moisture decreases and so do the chances for rain.
  — Jennifer Gray, CNN, 7 Aug. 2023
• The ground was covered with the residue of the previous night’s mix of rain and snow.
  — Keren Blankfeld, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Jan. 2024
• Noah kept on, the rain came, so did the animals, two-by-two.
  — Liza Lentini, SPIN, 26 Oct. 2023
• Chance of rain will arrive Sunday ahead of the next cold front.
  — Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 8 June 2023
• The eyewall surrounds the eye and contains the strongest winds and rain.
  — George Petras, USA Today, 30 May 2023
• Some storms could be severe, with gusty winds and heavy rain.
  — Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 12 July 2023
• There was plenty of rain in this part of the Rust Belt—sometimes too much.
  — Abrahm Lustgarten, The Atlantic, 23 Mar. 2024
• Tomorrow, some help could come in the form of light rain in the morning.
  — NBC News, 29 Feb. 2024
• And unlike flame lighters, this one won’t go out when used in wind or rain.
  — Rebecca Martinson, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2023
• These perfect rain boots are now on sale, just in time for gloomy fall days.
  — Jake Smith, Glamour, 3 Oct. 2023
• The rain didn’t stay away long, however, and the walk back in the near dark was slippery on the ancient stones.
  — Kristen De Groot, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Dec. 2023
• The threat of rain was made good at pretty much the exact moment the show began.
  — Dan Brooks, New York Times, 12 Sep. 2023
• The same storm is also bringing 2 to 4 inches of rain to the South on Tuesday.
  — Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 26 Dec. 2023
• Threat of damaging winds: The main concern for the Southwest is the rain, which could bring flash floods.
  — Misty Severi, Washington Examiner, 19 Aug. 2023
• The sturdy plywood frame will hold up to consistent use—just be sure to keep it out of the rain.
  — Moriah Mason, Southern Living, 31 Aug. 2023
• Few things are worse than a soggy outdoor rug that's been ruined by the rain.
  — Jamie Weissman, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 June 2023
• From 5 to 7 inches of rain could drench Anaheim, Irvine and Ontario.
  — Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2024
• There’s more than a 90% chance of rain on both Saturday and Sunday.
  — Shane Connuck, Charlotte Observer, 17 Feb. 2024
• No more than an inch to 1.5 inches of rain is expected to fall across the reagion.
  — Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Apr. 2024
• The previous day, a historic amount of rain had fallen in New York City.
  — Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2023

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rain

2 of 2 verb

• Sparks from the fireworks rained on the field.
• The volcano rained ashes on the city.
• Maybe for the tortillas and beer that rained down on their sideline.
  — Bill Oram, oregonlive, 10 Sep. 2023
• Then, as the Earth cools, much of these components rain down to the surface, first the iron, then the steam and so on.
  — Discover Magazine, 24 July 2023
• In this town, my voice is like heavy metal raining from the sky.
  — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Dec. 2023
• Shells or rockets rained down, and blew up the Russian FPV base.
  — David Axe, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
• The shredded steel and concrete slabs that rained down from the World Trade Center.
  — Naomi Lim, Washington Examiner, 11 Sep. 2023
• Idalia could spread wind and rain far from where the center comes onshore.
  — Leigh Morgan, al, 28 Aug. 2023
• Boos rained down from the Golden 1 Center stands on March 7.
  — Benjy Egel, Sacramento Bee, 14 Apr. 2024
• As the plume returns to Earth, small droplets begin to condense and rain down.
  — Alka Tripathy-Lang, Ars Technica, 26 Jan. 2024
• Debris from the rocket rained down over the Gulf of Mexico.
  — Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 8 Nov. 2023
• And the fungus bursts out of the head of the corpse and sprays spores that rain down on unsuspecting ants below.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2023
• The emissions rain down as an oily residue, polluting homes and farms.
  — Adriana Loureiro Fernandez, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2023
• Travis Kelce can pop the question to Swift on the field as confetti rains down upon them.
  — Doug McIntyre, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2024
• The people were used to occasional flooding, and on Sept. 10, even rain heavy enough to fill the first dam did not sound the alarm.
  — Ziad Jaber, NBC News, 21 Sep. 2023
• What is certainly real in the video, though, is the premise: There is most certainly rain on the graves.
  — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 25 Jan. 2024
• Now, the sound of laughter has been replaced by that of Israeli strikes raining down on the enclave.
  — Sana Noor Haq, CNN, 2 Mar. 2024
• Artem Sokolov was with friends on a playground near their home in Kharkiv, Ukraine, when cluster bombs rained down around them.
  — Freep.com, 4 June 2023
• This isn’t the first time a sugar shortage has rained on the sweet holiday parade.
  — Christianna Silva, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Nov. 2023
• The livestock below deck were thrown about, and men had to cover their faces as mean, biting hogs rained down.
  — Mike O’Brien, The New Yorker, 7 Nov. 2023
• As climbers chop into the ice with their tools and crampons, frozen debris rains below.
  — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2024
• Hours before the parade, Russia rained missiles on parts of Ukraine.
  — Harold Maass, The Week, 9 May 2023
• Revel in the ease of opening your kitchen cabinet without the fear of items raining down on you!
  — Medgina Saint-Elien, House Beautiful, 22 Mar. 2023
• Most of these substances form as solids, which must then rain down on the surface in the form of a kind of photochemical smog.
  — The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 15 Jan. 2024
• Air strikes also rain down on the camp, killing dozens of people within a hundred metres of our door.
  — Mosab Abu Toha, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2023
• But even laying the dead to rest is considered a luxury when bombs are raining down from the sky.
  — Somayeh Malekian, ABC News, 9 Dec. 2023
• As Baylor rained down 3-pointers in the second half, Self could only look on, yelling out to his team and shaking his head.
  — Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 2 Mar. 2024
• Wang described how the Mao era had silenced people by the ubiquity of the great leader: his thoughts, his ideas, and his words rained down day and night.
  — Ian Johnson, Foreign Affairs, 19 Dec. 2023
• Gaza is home to more than 2 million people packed into a space less than half the size of New York City, with no safe passage as bombs rain down.
  — Michael Birnbaum, Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2023
• The father and son were standing side by side when debris began raining down.
  — Adrian Sainz, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Apr. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024