Example Sentences

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Giving up favored materials and plants that are combustible is the smallest of sacrifices to allow a home and a neighborhood a fighting chance the next time embers are raining down on L.A.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2025

Yeah, there’s lots of muons that are raining down on Earth’s surface all the time.

From Slate • Apr. 8, 2021

Pre-free agency extensions are raining down from the baseball sky.

From Washington Post • Mar. 28, 2019

“A few guys are raining threes all the time,” Tester said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2016

Sun-flecked and soft, where the dead leaves are raining, Who 's for the road?

From The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar by Howells, William Dean