Example Sentences

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Releasing sewage into rivers and seas is allowed in the UK to prevent pipe systems becoming overwhelmed - but it has to have been raining.

From BBC • Sep. 4, 2023

For this, the hosannas for Christie have been raining down from the perches of the most comfortable members of the political punditry.

From Salon • Jul. 5, 2023

“They have been raining on me for a week now on my deck in Rockville MD. First it was cool, now it is just annoying,” wrote Smattijssen.

From Washington Post • Jul. 30, 2021

“It must have been raining up there,” Lina says.

From The New Yorker • May 23, 2019

There was bright sunshine, but it must have been raining earlier that day because I can remember how the sun was glinting on the muddy surface of the grass.

From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro