Examples of raincoat in a Sentence
I grabbed my umbrella and raincoat before going out in the thunderstorm.
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So many raincoats don’t, but this one passed with flying colors through the rapids, airing out almost instantly.
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Anna Fiorentino, Travel + Leisure, 21 Aug. 2025
The state’s newest theory is that Zeigler wore a raincoat while shooting his wife and mother-in-law (who was shot with two different guns) and struggling with his father-in-law — despite the customer having the father-in-law’s blood soaked into his pants.
—Gail Hollenbeck, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 Aug. 2025
Inside one of the ship’s battery rooms, an inspector wearing a hi-vis orange U.S. Coast Guard raincoat was examining its hybrid-electric system.
—Adam Iscoe, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
Visitors enter the mine by a small train, after donning a yellow raincoat and a hard-hat.
—Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 27 July 2025
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Anna Fiorentino, Travel + Leisure, 21 Aug. 2025
The state’s newest theory is that Zeigler wore a raincoat while shooting his wife and mother-in-law (who was shot with two different guns) and struggling with his father-in-law — despite the customer having the father-in-law’s blood soaked into his pants.
—Gail Hollenbeck, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 Aug. 2025
Inside one of the ship’s battery rooms, an inspector wearing a hi-vis orange U.S. Coast Guard raincoat was examining its hybrid-electric system.
—Adam Iscoe, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
Visitors enter the mine by a small train, after donning a yellow raincoat and a hard-hat.
—Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 27 July 2025
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“Raincoat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/raincoat. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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raincoat
noun
rain·coat
ˈrān-ˌkōt 
: a coat of waterproof or water-resistant material
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