Example Sentences

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I arrived in the morning that day, and I remember it was bucketing down.

From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro

The rain was bucketing down and a chill north-wester howled up the narrow passage leading from the main street to the tiny entry.

From Jack O' Judgment by Wallace, Edgar