rainstorm
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Synonyms
cloudburst, deluge, downfall, downpour, rain, rainfall, storm, wet
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Last month water flowed out over the top of the city's Lafitte Canal during a heavy rainstorm. — Ryan Prior, CNN, "New Orleans inspected a drainage tunnel after a recent flood. Officials found at least one car inside.," 21 Aug. 2019 Dramatic footage captured at the Academy for Technology and Academics, and obtained by The Washington Post, shows Romulus McNeill walking down a sidewalk during a rainstorm in Conway, SC with his umbrella in hand. — Joelle Goldstein, PEOPLE.com, "Dramatic Footage Captures Man Walking in Rain with Umbrella and Nearly Getting Struck by Lightning," 19 Aug. 2019 The dinner was cooked outdoors, during a rainstorm. — Rand Richards Cooper, courant.com, "In Our Midst: Stone And Story: Reinventing a 1765 farm in Stonington," 15 July 2019 With the spritz of some perfume, the scene changes to her getting caught in a tropical rainstorm. — Sara M Moniuszko, USA TODAY, "Watch Angelina Jolie's sexy new perfume commercial," 2 Aug. 2019 He was met near the finish line by members of his family, including a young boy who had been soaked in the rainstorm that struck near the end of the race. — Dan Gartland, SI.com, "Tour de France Leader Gives Yellow Jersey to Shivering Child," 25 July 2019 Air Force One touched down at Osaka International Airport in a rainstorm ahead of high-stakes meetings with Russiaâs Vladimir Putin, Chinaâs Xi Jinping and a host of others at the gathering of the leaders worldâs largest economies. — Jaclyn Gallucci, Fortune, "Donald Trump at G20 Summit in Japan: Live Updates," 27 June 2019 Air Force One touched down at Osaka International Airport in a rainstorm ahead of high-stakes meetings with Russiaâs Vladimir Putin, Chinaâs Xi Jinping and a host of others at the gathering of the leaders worldâs largest economies. — Washington Post, "The Latest: Trump is in Japan to meet with world leaders," 27 June 2019 Looming over the discussions is an acknowledgement of whatâs likely coming from climate change: heavier rainstorms that, combined with spring snowmelt, will swell the river to ever higher levels. — Washington Post, "Mississippi River city ponders a wall it has long rejected," 28 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'rainstorm.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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