How to Use downpour in a Sentence

downpour

noun

• There was a heavy downpour at the time of the crash, police said.
  — Brian Dakss, CBS News, 7 Aug. 2023
• The huge rain fly has kept me dry through heavy downpours.
  — Scott Canon, Kansas City Star, 24 Jan. 2024
• Most of the rain — just over an inch — came in an epic downpour between 6 a.m. and 8 a.m.
  — CBS News, 6 Aug. 2022
• There is nothing like a steady downpour in the dark to put a frog in a festive frame of mind.
  — Murr Brewster, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Mar. 2024
• The slide was reported on the morning of March 3 after days of downpours in the area.
  — Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2023
• The downpour marked the latest such flood that has occurred over the past few weeks across the United States.
  — Annabelle Timsit and Zach Rosenthal, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Aug. 2022
• The afternoon has the best chance for showers, storms and downpours.
  — A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 27 Aug. 2023
• Storms brought high winds, lightning, heavy downpours to the region, with the risk of flooding and hail.
  — Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 5 June 2024
• Our soupy air mass promotes the chance for some hit-or-miss downpours into the evening.
  — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 24 July 2024
• The downpour pummeled the town’s flat concrete roofs and wide green orchards.
  — Louisa Loveluck, Washington Post, 15 Sep. 2023
• That may continue to be the case, although the whole area runs the chance of a quick downpour into this evening.
  — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 22 Feb. 2024
• His father lies supine on the sodden ground ahead, dead and bloated in the downpour.
  — Washington Post, 27 July 2022
• What lessons were learned by folks who didn’t have to contend with downpours during the Wave’s season-and-a-third on the site?
  — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Mar. 2024
• The downpour led to a flash flood that destroyed homes and caused damage to other structures in the area.
  — Jason Duaine Hahn, Peoplemag, 5 Sep. 2022
• Getting caught in a downpour is unpleasant in the first place.
  — Rachel Z. Arndt, Popular Mechanics, 20 Dec. 2022
• The Friday downpour caused the second flooding event in the park within a week.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Aug. 2022
• And then the rain began, at first just a trickle, but soon a drenching downpour.
  — Sally H. Jacobs, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Aug. 2023
• The countdown is on to Hangout Fest 2023 along with all the sand, sun, inevitable downpours and more that comes with it.
  — Tandra Smith | [e-mail], al, 12 Apr. 2023
• They also can be swept away in the downpour, since ants, like most insects, can float.
  — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 8 May 2024
• The two of them are alone, visiting a temple amid a downpour.
  — Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 14 Oct. 2022
• The game began in light rain, but showers turned to a steady downpour and the field became a quagmire.
  — Creg Stephenson | [e-mail], al, 1 Nov. 2022
• So far anything that moves through appears to want to be brief, but a downpour can’t be ruled out.
  — Washington Post, 24 Apr. 2022
• While most of the rain is light, a few heavier downpours and even a rumble of thunder can’t be ruled out.
  — Matt Rogers, Washington Post, 27 Feb. 2024
• The chopper flew back up there and picked him up in a torrential downpour.
  — Svati Kirsten Narula, Outside Online, 11 Oct. 2022
• Soon the fog hid the peaks, and a torrential downpour sent me back to seek cover at a local cafe.
  — Sylvie Bigar, Washington Post, 9 Sep. 2022
• These storms will have the potential to produce brief downpours, large hail, and gusty winds.
  — Kxas-Tv (nbc5), Dallas News, 4 May 2023
• The heaviest downpours of the night fell in the second half, especially late in the game.
  — Kristi Scales, Dallas News, 11 Sep. 2023
• Levi Ellis ran back for the final score in the fourth quarter during a short downpour of rain.
  — Matt Goul, cleveland, 8 Oct. 2022
• The next clip in the montage shows a backyard patio roof coming unhinged in a downpour.
  — Andre Byik, USA TODAY, 11 Oct. 2024
• The winds diminished, but the unrelenting downpours turned streets into rivers as Francine lashed New Orleans.
  — John Bacon, USA TODAY, 13 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 13 Nov 2024