How to Use rainstorm in a Sentence

rainstorm

noun

• For now, this town is handing out sandbags to residents to prepare for next week's rainstorm.
  — Stephanie Bennett, Fox News, 8 July 2021
• On one Sunday, a rainstorm caused an LED light at the top of the wheel to short out and send out a spark.
  — Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 May 2021
• The rainstorm is currently in the western Carribean, drawing strength from the warm ocean water.
  — James Powel, USA TODAY, 23 Sep. 2024
• According to Hörst, the way Titan smells after a rainstorm is harder to predict.
  — Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 14 June 2021
• The report doesn’t mention the 1979 roof collapse at Apollo, which followed a heavy rainstorm.
  — Scott Travis, sun-sentinel.com, 4 July 2021
• The truck roars through an angry rainstorm that instantly fills gushing arroyos, carrying empty water bottles.
  — Dallas News, 2 July 2021
• Stellantis lost an unknown number of new cars to a heavy rainstorm that flooded the Detroit-area shipping yard where the vehicles were being stored.
  — Annie White, Car and Driver, 2 July 2021
• The shows were, for the most part, remarkable, but ahead of his gig in Taipei, the capital of Taiwan, there was a massive rainstorm that flooded the outdoor stage.
  — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 30 June 2021
• Page Six obtained photos of the family swimming in the Hyannis Harbor and then trying to dry off during a rainstorm.
  — Marina Watts, Peoplemag, 22 Sep. 2024
• The accident, which happened during a heavy rainstorm, is being investigated by law enforcement, according to a church news release.
  — David Noyce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 20 May 2021
• Advertisement Last month, while descending the same stretch in a sudden rainstorm, 20-year-old Grace Rohloff slipped on the slick rock and lost her grip on the cables.
  — Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2024
• Sprowls said the streets around the Tarpon Springs restaurant become impassable for vehicles whenever there is a significant rainstorm.
  — Jim Turner, sun-sentinel.com, 12 May 2021
• One of the costliest years was 2011, when the final day was hit by a heavy rainstorm.
  — Karina Atkins, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2024
• That was where he was buried in March as a rainstorm soaked the mourners, the drops mingling with their tears.
  — Megan Specia, New York Times, 29 Oct. 2023
• The day after the rainstorm, the numbers below the overpass had swelled.
  — Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2023
• When a rainstorm knocked out the power at the Illinois State Fair in 2005, the first concern was the butter cow.
  — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 17 Aug. 2022
• This way, a heavy rainstorm won't weigh down the middle of the fabric, and high winds won't blow the cover away.
  — Martha Sorren, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Sep. 2021
• And in the days following a rainstorm, Shultz says the crawlers create a sort of wake in the rocky substrate in front of them.
  — Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 17 Mar. 2022
• Many had crawled down and gotten stuck in a ravine right before a rainstorm.
  — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 14 Aug. 2024
• Once or twice a year, the ceiling leaks during rainstorms.
  — Jill Terreri Ramos, New York Times, 22 July 2023
• The state will see a rise in both heavy rainstorms and the length of dry spells, similar to what happened in 2021, Ford said.
  — Suzanne Baker, Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2023
• Looking for a loafer that won’t shrivel or stain in a rainstorm or while walking on the beach?
  — Kaitlyn McInnis, Travel + Leisure, 23 Jan. 2023
• But when the rainstorm flooded his $20 tent, his phone stopped working.
  — Mary Beth Sheridan, Washington Post, 13 May 2023
• The new turf at Soldier Field held up well after the wild rainstorm two weeks ago during the opener against the 49ers.
  — Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 26 Sep. 2022
• The day ended as a rainstorm rolled in from the west, pelting us with heavy drops on the drive south into Loreto.
  — Michael Van Runkle, Robb Report, 15 Nov. 2023
• The pattern over the next week does not appear to be one to produce major rainstorms.
  — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 6 Nov. 2023
• The opener was played on the road in a driving rainstorm by starters who hadn’t taken the field in a preseason game.
  — David Moore, Dallas News, 18 Sep. 2023
• The conditions were brutal as the game was played in a driving rainstorm and 28-mph wind gusts.
  — Martin Frank, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2022
• They were either chased away by the brief but ardent rainstorm at the start of the fourth quarter, or were dressed in Utah red, or both.
  — Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune, 12 Sep. 2021
• The delay was caused by flood damage to the theater from a recent rainstorm.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Jan. 2022

Last Updated: 27 Oct 2024