pouring rain
noun
: rain falling in large drops and with a lot of force
standing in the pouring rain
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The video opens with footage of the black dog, now named Lucky, huddled beside the road in the pouring rain, visibly shaking and refusing to move as cars drive past.
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Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 June 2025
No power means no air, and the pouring rain caused the crowded train cars to get very swampy.
—Gillian Telling, People.com, 12 Dec. 2024
Dina and Ellie escape into the pouring rain outside, winding up in an old transit tunnel.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 4 May 2025
On Sunday, when Los Angeles got its first rain of the year, Water Drop volunteers gathered in a University of Southern California parking lot in the pouring rain to unload water bottles from U-Haul trucks and pack them into volunteers’ cars.
—Iris Kim, NBC News, 29 Jan. 2025
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Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 June 2025
No power means no air, and the pouring rain caused the crowded train cars to get very swampy.
—Gillian Telling, People.com, 12 Dec. 2024
Dina and Ellie escape into the pouring rain outside, winding up in an old transit tunnel.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 4 May 2025
On Sunday, when Los Angeles got its first rain of the year, Water Drop volunteers gathered in a University of Southern California parking lot in the pouring rain to unload water bottles from U-Haul trucks and pack them into volunteers’ cars.
—Iris Kim, NBC News, 29 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for pouring rain
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“Pouring rain.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pouring%20rain. Accessed 13 Jun. 2025.
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