How to Use rainstorm in a Sentence

rainstorm

noun
  • This came on the heels of a big rainstorm that ended in the morning.
    — Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2021
  • That snow didn’t even last through the day but was washed away by a mild rainstorm.
    — Washington Post, 21 Dec. 2020
  • Further, the sun was about to set and a rainstorm had moved into the area.
    — cleveland, 7 Oct. 2020
  • The rain that fell on Monday was the largest rainstorm since the Boston Marathon.
    — David Epstein, BostonGlobe.com, 7 June 2018
  • On one Sunday, a rainstorm caused an LED light at the top of the wheel to short out and send out a spark.
    — Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 May 2021
  • One of the costliest years was 2011, when the final day was hit by a heavy rainstorm.
    — Karina Atkins, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2024
  • Maybe the grocery store was picked over, or there's a big rainstorm in the forecast.
    — Jennifer Aldrich, Country Living, 16 May 2019
  • That was where he was buried in March as a rainstorm soaked the mourners, the drops mingling with their tears.
    — Megan Specia, New York Times, 29 Oct. 2023
  • The day after the rainstorm, the numbers below the overpass had swelled.
    — Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2023
  • Last month water flowed out over the top of the city's Lafitte Canal during a heavy rainstorm.
    — Ryan Prior, CNN, 21 Aug. 2019
  • The tents on Madison are sopping wet from the rainstorm the night before.
    — AZCentral.com, 22 Feb. 2021
  • When a rainstorm knocked out the power at the Illinois State Fair in 2005, the first concern was the butter cow.
    — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 17 Aug. 2022
  • While at the river, a heavy rainstorm hit and most people left.
    — CBS News, 23 Nov. 2024
  • The game wasn’t much fun in 1983, when two so-so teams played to a scoreless tie in a driving rainstorm.
    — oregonlive, 25 Nov. 2020
  • Allie Boy's was able to open for the weekend after the rainstorm, May 23 and 24.
    — Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 1 June 2020
  • This way, a heavy rainstorm won't weigh down the middle of the fabric, and high winds won't blow the cover away.
    — Martha Sorren, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Sep. 2021
  • The only sound heard through the top was rain when sitting still; a rainstorm is the only time the top should be up.
    — Andy Mikonis, chicagotribune.com, 13 June 2018
  • And in the days following a rainstorm, Shultz says the crawlers create a sort of wake in the rocky substrate in front of them.
    — Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 17 Mar. 2022
  • What’s the difference between a flock of birds and a rainstorm?
    — Chelsea Harvey, Scientific American, 17 Dec. 2019
  • But this wasn’t the first 1,000-year rainstorm in North Carolina this year.
    — Russ Schumacher, Discover Magazine, 8 Oct. 2024
  • Many had crawled down and gotten stuck in a ravine right before a rainstorm.
    — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 14 Aug. 2024
  • Once or twice a year, the ceiling leaks during rainstorms.
    — Jill Terreri Ramos, New York Times, 22 July 2023
  • The state will see a rise in both heavy rainstorms and the length of dry spells, similar to what happened in 2021, Ford said.
    — Suzanne Baker, Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2023
  • Looking for a loafer that won’t shrivel or stain in a rainstorm or while walking on the beach?
    — Kaitlyn McInnis, Travel + Leisure, 23 Jan. 2023
  • And after a rainstorm, most of his pomegranates were destroyed.
    — Taimoor Shah, New York Times, 22 Nov. 2020
  • An intense rainstorm Monday night caused the lake to rise.
    — Benjamin Peters, cleveland.com, 28 June 2019
  • But when the rainstorm flooded his $20 tent, his phone stopped working.
    — Mary Beth Sheridan, Washington Post, 13 May 2023
  • With the spritz of some perfume, the scene changes to her getting caught in a tropical rainstorm.
    — Sara M Moniuszko, USA TODAY, 2 Aug. 2019
  • The most high-tech the production gets is the occasional indoor rainstorm, as if the water can somehow wash away all that violence and shame.
    — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 12 Mar. 2025
  • The storm dumped several inches of snow over states like Kentucky, Virginia and West Virginia that were ravaged by a deadly rainstorm last weekend.
    — Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 19 Feb. 2025

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