How to Use rainy in a Sentence

rainy

adjective

• That is the rainy weather strategy to keep sewage out of the Seine.
  — Catherine Porter James Hill, New York Times, 12 May 2023
• Even on a rainy morning in Paris, anyone can be part of the scene.
  — Megan O'Sullivan, Vogue, 9 Oct. 2023
• This bean bag kept its color and shape through many rainy storms.
  — Phoebe Sklansky, Parents, 25 Nov. 2023
• The storm will continue to move east with a snowy, rainy mix on the way for the Northeast this weekend.
  — Max Golembo, ABC News, 5 Jan. 2024
• Both teams slipped off into a rainy night with glares and grimaces.
  — Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2023
• They are grown three times a year, twice in the rainy season and once during winter.
  — Time, 22 Aug. 2023
• The race director called it the rainiest edition on record for an event in its 32nd year.
  — Iris Samuels, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Aug. 2023
• The one that brought rainy weather Wednesday has moved over into East Texas.
  — Kxas-Tv (nbc5), Dallas News, 11 May 2023
• That time of year is referred to as green season, when the weather tends to be rainy and warm in wildlife reserves and parks.
  — Kathryn Romeyn, Travel + Leisure, 9 Dec. 2023
• This year the cold, rainy, windy spring delayed their arrival here well into April.
  — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 July 2023
• On a rooftop in Lahore one rainy night, some guy who was passing out was playing Nico on loop.
  — Vrinda Jagota, Pitchfork, 24 Oct. 2023
• But a recent stretch of foggy and rainy weather has limited the use of drones by both sides.
  — Marc Santora, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2024
• If the fossils are not collected in time, they can be swept away during the rainy season.
  — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 21 Mar. 2024
• Adding to the misery, the rainy season has set in, flooding already sodden tent camps where many live.
  — A Special Correspondent, Los Angeles Times, 28 Dec. 2023
• Where Sonko lives, the rainy season has become shorter and less predictable.
  — Jack Thompson, Quartz, 27 Mar. 2024
• The incoming back-to-back storm systems will be cold and wet, but arrive in a somewhat slow start to the rainy season.
  — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2023
• The snowy and rainy weather is hindering search efforts.
  — Austin Mullen, NBC News, 7 Feb. 2024
• The month of May typically marks the end of the rainy spring weather and the transition into much sunnier (and warmer) skies.
  — Samantha Jones, goodhousekeeping.com, 6 May 2023
• Last week, authorities in France said Batty, now 17, turned up on a rainy French roadway in the middle of the night.
  — Sean Neumann, Peoplemag, 22 Dec. 2023
• The nylon fabric survived rainy walks and washes with soap and water just fine.
  — Madison Yauger, Peoplemag, 20 Oct. 2023
• Camilla exited the carriage first and had several pages carry the long train of her robes to keep them out of the rainy street.
  — Hannah Yasharoff, USA TODAY, 6 May 2023
• Disclaimer: winter is Maui's rainy season, but that doesn't stop the masses from trekking to the summit for sunrise.
  — Sarah L. Stewart, Travel + Leisure, 19 Oct. 2023
• Abnormally cold, rainy or windy weather can strip the trees of petals within a few days.
  — Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 27 Feb. 2024
• But the ball trickled across the line for the winner to ignite a wild celebration on a cold and rainy afternoon.
  — Darren Sabedra, The Mercury News, 3 Mar. 2024
• The forecast originally had predicted a rainy May 10, but the sky was clear all day.
  — Cayla Harris, San Antonio Express-News, 24 May 2023
• In Texas, Walker said, peak rainy season is in the spring and fall, which allows the vegetation to grow in the summertime.
  — Christopher Torres, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Feb. 2024
• That’s why high lake levels so early in the rainy season are worrisome.
  — New York Times, 9 July 2023
• In rainy conditions, the incident caused chaos with multiple riders having to slam on the breaks and swerve out the way.
  — Ben Church, CNN, 11 May 2023
• A bit of rain shouldn’t be too much of a problem; brass instruments, cases and drums made of wood can take a beating during a rainy march.
  — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2023
• Typically, only the first warmer, rainy nights in late March or in April are going to be frogful.
  — Murr Brewster, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 3 May 2024