rain out
verb
rained out;
raining out;
rains out
Definition of rain out
: to interrupt or prevent (something, such as a sports event) by rain
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Other Words from rain out
rainout
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noun
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noun
Examples of rain out in a Sentence
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Crowd numbers have dwindled in recent years, although ticket sales were reportedly higher last year before the race was rained out of its scheduled Sunday start date. — Tyler Kraft, Indianapolis Star, "NASCAR drivers open to Brickyard 400 changes to increase fan interest," 5 Sep. 2019 Last month, a Florida homeowner in Port St. Lucie shared a video which appeared to show land crabs crawling all over his porch after the critters were rained out of their burrows. — Fox News, "Florida woman captures hundreds of crabs scattering into streets during mating season," 8 Aug. 2019 Three years later, the tourney returned and Piney Branch hosted the event in 2016 and 2018 (it was rained out in 2017). — Pat Stoetzer, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, "Golf: Carroll County Amateur tournament moving to September," 15 July 2019 Ensuing coaches mostly bought into the value of Tontozona although camp was completely rained out in 1989 and forced to end early in 2006. — Jeff Metcalfe, azcentral, "ASU football returns to Camp Tontozona after $1 million renovations to renew priceless heritage," 31 July 2019 Thousands of Puerto Rico homes still rely on blue tarps to keep the rain out. — Washington Post, "Puerto Rico is in chaos, and some worry continued instability is a major threat," 18 July 2019 Keuchel had a minor league start rained out Saturday. — Noah Trister, The Denver Post, "How Craig Kimbrel and Dallas Keuchel can help their new teams," 10 June 2019 The round took place a day after it was scheduled after the quarterfinals were rained out on Wednesday. — Luke Feliciano, Cincinnati.com, "A tennis standout turned instructor, Wyatt Lippert searches for continued success at Met tournament," 18 July 2019 Saturday’s elimination game between NASA and Bayside was rained out. — Robert Avery, Houston Chronicle, "League City National All-Stars at doorstep to District 14 title; NASA All-Stars raise win streak to four," 29 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'rain out.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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