rainstorm
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of rainstorm
Example Sentences
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She drove in a rainstorm to meet me for a Shabbat dinner.
From Los Angeles Times
Getting caught in a rainstorm was the last thing I needed.
From Literature
"Even the weird barks that he does," laughs the 16-year-old, who braved a rainstorm to see Speed in action.
From BBC
At the same time, a warmer atmosphere holds more water vapor, which is then released in fewer, more extreme rainstorms.
From Los Angeles Times
For one thing, there’s money in Dahlonega, the smalltown Atlanta suburb where Anna grew up—and where, during the kind of rainstorm that dissolves evidence, a body is found on the hood of a car.
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