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

Some roads have been closed after bridges were damaged in Nairobi, while some schools were also flooded after Saturday's downpour.

From BBC • Mar. 15, 2026

Amid a torrential downpour, Jack Dempsey powered through from close range to reduce the deficit.

From BBC • Feb. 7, 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

Through the week before the 1938 Santa Anita Handicap, the barn roof hummed with the downpour.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand