How to Use cloudburst in a Sentence

cloudburst

noun

• A cloudburst caused the river to flood.
• Weeks of drought, then a two-week spate of cloudbursts.
  — Roxie Hammill, kansascity.com, 29 Apr. 2017
• The wins blurred, but one moment remains as vivid as a cloudburst.
  — Mark Whicker, Orange County Register, 9 Feb. 2017
• For Miami, the injury seemed to have the effect of a cloudburst.
  — Scott Cacciola, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2020
• Around them a cloudburst of rubber balls streamed through the air, like unfed birds sweeping in toward death.
  — Mimi Montgomery, Outside Online, 22 Oct. 2019
• Then in mid-January, a cloudburst from a freak storm caused the Brisbane River to overflow its banks.
  — Linda Marsa, Discover Magazine, 25 Mar. 2012
• Why work so hard to verify a cloudburst of butterflies migrating so long ago through the busiest part of one of the busiest cities on Earth?
  — Longreads, 2 Mar. 2022
• This wasn’t an isolated cloudburst; this was a massive storm system that would drop 12 inches of rain on the region in less than 24 hours.
  — Josh Patterson, Outside Online, 22 May 2020
• In summer, runoff from cloudbursts etches into the softer limestones and sluices through the deep runnels.
  — National Geographic, 19 Aug. 2019
• But then the World Cup came along and with it, a cloudburst of unfiltered national happiness.
  — Declan Walsh, New York Times, 23 June 2018
• The rain culminated in the record-setting cloudburst on July 20.
  — New York Times, 25 Sep. 2021
• The cloudburst that occurred in the area of a sacred Hindu cave about 75 miles west of Srinagar the previous day brought the Amarnath pilgrimage to a halt.
  — Shams Irfan, Washington Post, 9 July 2022
• Ruined once more, Ellicott City endured an hours-long cloudburst that drowned the town Sunday.
  — Jeff Halverson, Washington Post, 28 May 2018
• Bison edge along a slough nearby as Horse Capture speaks; cloudbursts circle.
  — National Geographic, 16 Jan. 2020
• Katie Holzknecht and Mandy Goodwin, two fans, endured the cloudburst and then traded in their soaked exterior clothes in favor of new, dry gear from the in-stadium team store.
  — Hayes Gardner, The Courier-Journal, 11 Apr. 2021
• Earlier in the afternoon, thunderstorms packing winds of around 60 mph moved through the far southwest suburbs, as many parts of the Chicago area were hit by cloudbursts.
  — Liam Ford, chicagotribune.com, 5 July 2018
• These tidal floods can have big impacts apart from the extreme effects of the hurricanes, tropical storms, and cloudbursts that are starting to arrive this summer.
  — Susan Crawford, WIRED, 18 July 2019
• Trying to decipher jackets’ product specs is almost as annoying as getting soaked by a sudden cloudburst on the trail.
  — Adrienne So, WIRED, 19 Dec. 2022
• Making matters worse with this flood were days of rain prior to Saturday’s cloudburst, resulting in saturated ground and soggy lawns, leaving runoff with no place to go.
  — Thomas Novelly, The Courier-Journal, 26 Feb. 2018
• Tuesday’s game between Cleveland and Tampa was also delayed for 23 minutes in the third inning when a cloudburst made conditions unplayable.
  — Joe Noga, cleveland, 28 Sep. 2022
• Temperatures plummeted by 15 degrees in less than 30 minutes during a cloudburst that marked the change in weather systems, the Globe reported.
  — John R. Ellement, BostonGlobe.com, 2 July 2018
• Things were looking pretty grim until the Orioles also discovered that the 6-o’clock cloudburst that delayed the start of the game for 42 minutes also turned Camden Yards into a giant pinball machine.
  — Peter Schmuck, baltimoresun.com, 19 Aug. 2017
• Because of exceptional levels of moisture in the atmosphere, the National Weather Service issued a flash flood watch Saturday evening ahead of the cloudburst.
  — Washington Post, 15 Aug. 2021
• In neighbouring Uttarakhand, cloudbursts have wreaked havoc in a dozen villages of Uttarkashi district, washing away houses and swathes of agricultural land.
  — Niharika Sharma, Quartz India, 19 Aug. 2019
• A number of the businesses have returned but some proprietors admit to more than a bit of anxiety when severe thunderstorm warnings are issued as the cloudbursts that pop up in the humid mid-Atlantic summertime approach.
  — Howard County Times, 26 July 2017
• Francona said McKenzie also deserved some credit for keeping his defense engaged throughout a game that featured steamy temperatures and a brief cloudburst that did not ultimately delay the game.
  — Joe Noga, cleveland, 7 Aug. 2022
• In making his allegations, Louis Angelos recounts anecdotes — for example, about stormy encounters and a years-long rift between John and his father — that unleash a cloudburst of family drama.
  — Jean Marbella, Baltimore Sun, 10 June 2022
• Initially, international attention to transportation safety risks from extreme weather focused on drownings in a subway tunnel that filled with water during the same cloudburst in Zhengzhou, in central China’s Henan province.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 24 July 2021
• Initially, international attention to transportation safety risks from extreme weather focused on drownings in a subway tunnel that filled with water during the same cloudburst in Zhengzhou, in central China’s Henan Province.
  — Keith Bradsher, New York Times, 24 July 2021

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024