downpour

Example Sentences

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Each time a downpour begins, Scott strips down to the waist, grabs a large glass jug, and runs out to one of three drainpipes to collect enough water to last the week.

From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026

A mother sloth shelters her baby from a downpour at La Selva Biological Station, Costa Rica.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

But in the Southland, no place was hit harder than Wrightwood, where terrain is vulnerable to a heavy downpour because of the 56,000-acre Bridge fire that burned in the area last year.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 26, 2025

Dubai's Emirates airline axed 13 flights on Friday and there were also delays and cancellations at neighbouring Sharjah's airport after the overnight downpour, which woke residents with lightning flashes and loud cracks of thunder.

From Barron's • Dec. 19, 2025

The wind has finally picked up, followed by big, fat drops of rain, and a full downpour begins.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith