How to Use rainstorm in a Sentence

rainstorm

noun

• This came on the heels of a big rainstorm that ended in the morning.
  — Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2021
• That snow didn’t even last through the day but was washed away by a mild rainstorm.
  — Washington Post, 21 Dec. 2020
• Further, the sun was about to set and a rainstorm had moved into the area.
  — cleveland, 7 Oct. 2020
• 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
• 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
• The tents on Madison are sopping wet from the rainstorm the night before.
  — AZCentral.com, 22 Feb. 2021
• 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
• The game wasn’t much fun in 1983, when two so-so teams played to a scoreless tie in a driving rainstorm.
  — oregonlive, 25 Nov. 2020
• Allie Boy's was able to open for the weekend after the rainstorm, May 23 and 24.
  — Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 1 June 2020
• 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
• What’s the difference between a flock of birds and a rainstorm?
  — Chelsea Harvey, Scientific American, 17 Dec. 2019
• But this wasn’t the first 1,000-year rainstorm in North Carolina this year.
  — Russ Schumacher, Discover Magazine, 8 Oct. 2024
• 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
• And after a rainstorm, most of his pomegranates were destroyed.
  — Taimoor Shah, New York Times, 22 Nov. 2020
• 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 man was spotted and rescued in rough water, about an hour before the sun set and a heavy rainstorm set in.
  — Alexia Fernandez, PEOPLE.com, 8 Jan. 2020
• Weather officials in the capital blamed the rainstorms on a low-pressure system in the Bay of Bengal extending over parts of neighboring India close to Nepal.
  — Reuters, NBC News, 29 Sep. 2024
• What began as a tropical rainstorm a week ago was upgraded Thursday to Tropical Depression 19.
  — John Bacon, USA TODAY, 17 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 13 Jan 2025