rainy day
Example Sentences
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We all know we are supposed to put something away for a rainy day, including our old age, it is just hard to find the money.
From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026
On a rainy day in December, Ayala maneuvered his truck one final time through Mount Washington’s narrow streets.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026
What if your guest wants to lounge in bed on a rainy day and wonders where all those cushions went?
From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026
Another law passed in 2024 authorized the state to purchase as much as $140 million in precious metals—up to 10% of its rainy day funds—now stored in a Brink’s vault in Salt Lake City.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026
It was what had first attracted her to him that June day two years ago in Ibadan, the kind of rainy day that wore the indigo color of dusk although it was only noon.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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