How to Use rainmaker in a Sentence

rainmaker

noun

• The storm is forecast to be a big rainmaker for the islands.
  — Leigh Morgan, al, 10 Aug. 2021
• Fred will be a rainmaker more than anything for the Gulf Coast and well inland.
  — Leigh Morgan, al, 15 Aug. 2021
• Emhoff was the convener, the rainmaker, the organized one, the one who saw the future.
  — Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2020
• The cold mass of air left behind by the rainmaker from earlier this week isn’t done with the Bay Area just yet.
  — Gerry Díaz, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Jan. 2023
• James and Keating aren’t aiming for a rainmaker, just to break even.
  — Matt Wake | [e-mail], al, 16 Sep. 2022
• Sally brought a fairly strong storm surge and was a huge rainmaker.
  — Mark Schleifstein, NOLA.com, 19 Sep. 2020
• This will be a rainmaker for Northern New England, although the mountains could see some snow at the onset and on the back side of the storm.
  — Dave Epstein, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Jan. 2023
• Entering Game 1, the two biggest rainmakers in the series were Tkachuk and Eichel.
  — Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 3 June 2023
• Fifty years ago a rainmaker named Hatfield returned to San Diego.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Jan. 2022
• The wave is likely to be a rainmaker over the Lesser Antilles, but not much else is predicted.
  — Joe Mario Pedersen, orlandosentinel.com, 30 June 2021
• The news of his hiring added $400 million to the company’s market cap, as investors bet that the one-time biotech rainmaker could come through once more.
  — Damian Garde, STAT, 10 Apr. 2018
• Additionally, the rainmaker is still a flood threat, the NHC said.
  — Joe Mario Pedersen, orlandosentinel.com, 18 Aug. 2021
• The main rainmaker will have drifted well to our north, but pop-up showers and storms will still be quite possible in the afternoon and evening.
  — David Streit, Washington Post, 22 June 2023
• It is expected to be a rainmaker more than anything else.
  — Leigh Morgan, al, 17 Sep. 2019
• Moreover, since the rainmakers pocket the largest cut of the fee, their subordinates have less incentive to do a fine job.
  — The Economist, 6 Feb. 2020
• This storm could be a big rainmaker from Washington to Boston.
  — Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 9 May 2017
• Pence has already proved to be one of the most effective rainmakers since taking office.
  — Vaughn Hillyard, NBC News, 3 Mar. 2018
• Tropical Storm Otis has since formed to its south and is expected to be a heavy rainmaker for parts of Mexico’s west coast.
  — Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2023
• In the minds of many Californians, El Niño has long loomed as a rainmaker of epic proportions.
  — Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2023
• Eta has been a big rainmaker more than anything, and more rain is expected for Florida this week.
  — Leigh Morgan, al, 9 Nov. 2020
• Johnson, not known as a party rainmaker, has large financial shoes to fill.
  — Annie Karni, New York Times, 12 Nov. 2023
• But what the Ducks head coach probably needs is a rainmaker/visionary play caller who will help push him out of his comfort zone some.
  — oregonlive, 29 Dec. 2019
• The old model was only sustainable with a rainmaker like Ms. Bolton.
  — New York Times, 23 Mar. 2022
• Gamma is expected to be more of a rainmaker than anything.
  — Leigh Morgan, al, 3 Oct. 2020
• This work has made him, some say, a singular force, a rainmaker without peer on the Harvard faculty.
  — Rebecca Ostriker, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Dec. 2021
• The United States has a booming commercial space industry, and SpaceX, the rainmaker of the industry, has its own plans to build a giant rocket and fly tourists around the moon.
  — CNN, 13 June 2019
• Barry has been a rainmaker above all else and continues to be as of Sunday afternoon.
  — Leigh Morgan, al.com, 14 July 2019
• This storm will be a prolific rainmaker, with the entire East Coast from Florida to Maine likely to see anywhere from 1 to 3 inches of rain.
  — Kathryn Prociv, NBC News, 15 Dec. 2023
• An active hurricane season is predicted, but there are no imminent signs of any storm that would turn into a big rainmaker for us.
  — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 11 July 2024
• Still, several junior bankers interviewed by Bloomberg described their staffers as clearly conflicted — more eager to impress rainmakers and climb the ladder than to push back.
  — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 28 June 2024

Last Updated: 23 Dec 2024