torrents
Example Sentences
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In the corridors, torrents of water poured from broken pipes.
From Barron's • Apr. 25, 2026
But on the Italians’ opening night, the torrents of rain short-circuited TV monitors and panelists struggled to give their presentations.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025
Europe's victory came amid torrents of verbal abuse from a New York crowd which was heavily criticised for its behaviour.
From BBC • Sep. 29, 2025
On the one hand, this is a place that is known to be dangerous—part of Texas’ Flash Flood Alley, where big storms, dry ground, and hilly terrain routinely combine to turn riverbeds into deadly torrents.
From Slate • Jul. 8, 2025
Just a bit more than two weeks, around twenty-four million miles, after my seventeenth birthday, the Perseids scattered brilliant torrents of blazing dust all across the nighttime sky.
From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith
