How to Use rain check in a Sentence

rain check

noun

• The store offered rain checks when the sale items had all sold.
• Des Moines: Hold the pork chop on a stick and get a butter cow rain check.
  — USA TODAY, 13 June 2020
• Cinderella will take a rain check to this party, please.
  — Dan Gelston, The Seattle Times, 25 Mar. 2019
• Stay home and take a rain check on a social invitation.
  — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 13 Nov. 2020
• In lieu of soul-shakes and bro-hugs, each draftee will receive a rain check from Goodell, to be redeemed in healthier times.
  — Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com, 22 Apr. 2020
• Take a rain check on an investment or money-making scheme.
  — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 29 June 2021
• And fans who had tickets to Monday night’s game have little time to rearrange plans to use their rain checks to get to the front end of the day-night double header.
  — Tim Bannon, chicagotribune.com, 19 June 2018
• No cash payments will be accepted or walk-ups permitted, and no rain checks will be offered.
  — Jim Owczarski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 22 Apr. 2020
• Gracefully, everyone in the comments accepts the rain check.
  — Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 4 June 2020
• Take a rain check on amorous activities and avoid mix-ups and misunderstandings.
  — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 7 Sep. 2020
• Postpone major purchases and take a rain check on social outings.
  — oregonlive, 6 Aug. 2020
• The glitchy first night — power problems, a producer explained to disappointed guests, sent home with a rain check — was corrected by the following evening.
  — Washington Post, 17 June 2021
• Theater employees met people in the parking lot and handed out rain check vouchers while the firefighters inspected the building, Hennessey said.
  — Molly Sullivan, sacbee, 21 Jan. 2018
• Take a rain check on social connections; the fun may fall flat due to incompatibility issues.
  — oregonlive, 5 June 2020
• Due to limited availability, weekly store promotions and rain checks have been suspended.
  — Chris Sims, Indianapolis Star, 18 Mar. 2020

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024