Examples of rainstorm in a Sentence
we ran into a big rainstorm on Highway 6, and the visibility was so poor we had to pull over
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In summary, northwestern Sardinia is a variable but fertile landscape raked by rainstorms and windstorms.
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Tom Mullen, Forbes.com, 1 June 2025
Scientists were able to figure out when the boulder had been deposited by dating the layers of secondary limestone that had formed on its sides during rainstorms.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 May 2025
Eight years later, the couple got engaged on that very campus in the middle of a rainstorm.
—Stephanie Sengwe, People.com, 23 May 2025
The rainstorms are also a normal part of spring in the Midwest, weather officials say.
—Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 19 May 2025
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Tom Mullen, Forbes.com, 1 June 2025
Scientists were able to figure out when the boulder had been deposited by dating the layers of secondary limestone that had formed on its sides during rainstorms.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 May 2025
Eight years later, the couple got engaged on that very campus in the middle of a rainstorm.
—Stephanie Sengwe, People.com, 23 May 2025
The rainstorms are also a normal part of spring in the Midwest, weather officials say.
—Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 19 May 2025
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“Rainstorm.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rainstorm. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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rainstorm
noun
rain·storm
-ˌstȯ(ə)rm 
: a storm of or with rain
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