Example Sentences

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Sewage sometimes needs to be released when it is raining to prevent a build-up of wastewater in the system and sewage flowing back into people's homes.

From BBC • Dec. 16, 2024

Worse yet, the garbage is raining from the top down.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 10, 2023

“And it will help push back against the criticism that is raining on us from around the world.”

From Washington Post • Dec. 15, 2022

“We have no heat at home and every day whether it is raining or snowing we come and sit here,” she said.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 26, 2022

It is raining, and I am sitting in the hollow tree to keep dry.

From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien