How to Use pouring rain in a Sentence

pouring rain

noun
  • The match was knotted through the first half in pouring rain.
    — ABC News, 9 May 2026
  • Next to it, in the pouring rain, is a female deer.
    — Kansas City Star, 22 May 2026
  • In the pouring rain, hidden under a large tree branch was a mound of dirt.
    — Tracy Smith, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2024
  • No power means no air, and the pouring rain caused the crowded train cars to get very swampy.
    — Gillian Telling, People.com, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Went hiking and walking around town in the pouring rain with no problems.
    — Clara McMahon, Peoplemag, 1 Apr. 2023
  • Thankfully, yes — even in the pouring rain.
    — Maureen Carrig, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Sitting there for what seemed like an eternity in pouring rain.
    — Rachel Handler, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Metro stations open an extra hour after the show was delayed due to pouring rain.
    — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2023
  • Every outing is an event, even in the pouring rain or blistering heat.
    — Josh Max, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2024
  • It’s been an extra challenge doing that with their two children in the pouring rain this week.
    — Christina Zdanowicz, CNN, 22 Mar. 2023
  • Kent just came back inside after digging trenches along the side of our dirt road in the pouring rain.
    — Chi Varnado, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2025
  • Swift performed the remainder of the concert in the pouring rain.
    — Shannon Larson, BostonGlobe.com, 17 May 2023
  • Musk was shown standing in the pouring rain filming the images of destruction on his phone.
    — Max Colchester, WSJ, 28 Nov. 2023
  • Use this umbrella to protect yourself from both the scorching heat and the pouring rain.
    — Moriah Mason, Southern Living, 4 Aug. 2023
  • Who’s got the balls to play in front of forty thousand people a forty- five-minute improv with a drum solo in the pouring rain!
    — Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 9 July 2025
  • Here at a bus yard in #VanNuys, bus drivers march in a picket line in the pouring rain.
    — Prem Thakker, The New Republic, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Meanwhile, pouring rain will drench much of the West Coast by the end of the week and into the weekend.
    — Daniel Amarante, ABC News, 18 Jan. 2024
  • The gnarly midday traffic heading north to Broward and pouring rain did nothing to dampen his mood.
    — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 22 May 2026
  • But meeting Tracy at a train station in the pouring rain changed everything.
    — EW.com, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Hell, there’s a sword fight in the pouring rain on a church rooftop, and yes, the action-figure box set of that scene is part of my merch collection.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 13 Aug. 2024
  • The late-night screening was preceded by a dose of pouring rain as Refn and his stars made their way into the Palais.
    — Zack Sharf, Variety, 18 May 2026
  • Nearly one year ago, Riker was late for practice and was driving in pouring rain that impaired his vision.
    — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Mar. 2024
  • At her agent's behest, Lewis, now 66, drove in the pouring rain and auditioned anyway.
    — Stephanie Sengwe, Peoplemag, 23 July 2023
  • Read Next Florida Black employees were forced to work in pouring rain, feds say.
    — Sara Schilling, Sacramento Bee, 3 Jan. 2025
  • And down south, Tucson experienced a full thunderstorm with pouring rain and high winds.
    — Ellie Willard, The Arizona Republic, 18 July 2023
  • What went into creating the sequence where Joe is naked, bloody, and chasing Louise through the pouring rain?
    — Lauren Coates, Variety, 25 Apr. 2025
  • The four athletes took the torch from the Trocadero and boarded a speedboat that whisked them down the Seine river in the pouring rain.
    — Julie Mazziotta, Peoplemag, 27 July 2024
  • Earlier that season, cameras zoomed in on Glenn during a game in Green Bay in the pouring rain.
    — Zack Rosenblatt, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
  • The Herald headed out in the pouring rain this week as the CRT members were walking the beat.
    — Joe Dwinell, Boston Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Social media videos circulating show scenes of fairgoers splashing around the grounds in pouring rain.
    — Liliana Fannin, jsonline.com, 10 Aug. 2025

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