How to Use rainy in a Sentence

rainy

adjective
  • The city can be rainy, but rarely snowy.
    — Susanne Fowler, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Don't be afraid of the rainy season.
    — Tom Vanderbilt, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Fall will start warm, but finish cold and rainy.
    — Kansas City Star, 16 Aug. 2025
  • This bean bag kept its color and shape through many rainy storms.
    — Phoebe Sklansky, Parents, 25 Nov. 2023
  • These are the perfect pick-me-up for rainy spring days.
    — Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 22 May 2026
  • The sun’s rays can damage your skin even on rainy or cloudy days.
    — Jean Chen Smith, The Enquirer, 20 Nov. 2021
  • Will spring be rainy in Memphis?
    — Jordan Green, Memphis Commercial Appeal, 5 Feb. 2026
  • There is a rainy season and a dry season.
    — Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 8 Mar. 2026
  • The rainy season has begun, and the air feels heavy.
    — Sadia Shepard, New Yorker, 11 Jan. 2026
  • Both events were sold out on the rainy last day of 2025.
    — Jane Tyska, Mercury News, 1 Jan. 2026
  • Avoid planting right before a long rainy spell.
    — Peg Aloi, The Spruce, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Lawson’s car ran out of gas on the highway that rainy evening.
    — Kirsten Fiscus, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
  • Both teams slipped off into a rainy night with glares and grimaces.
    — Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2023
  • Make those rainy spring days better with this creamy mushroom soup.
    — Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Wednesday night will be cloudy, muggy and rainy.
    — Damien Lodes, CBS News, 20 May 2026
  • Those days scored high in the chilly, rainy and gloomy categories.
    — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 8 Oct. 2022
  • Summers are dry and not too hot, and winters are rainy, but mild.
    — Katie Jackson, Travel + Leisure, 5 Aug. 2021
  • But the rainy weather kept him indoors.
    — ABC News, 16 Apr. 2026
  • There will be a break in the heat today, but not in the rainy weather.
    — Cliff Pinckard, cleveland, 16 July 2021
  • The second week was cold and rainy and brought black rot (botrytis).
    — Tom Hyland, Forbes, 11 July 2022
  • Sunday is the pick day of the weekend with more dry hours than rainy hours.
    — Cutter Martin, CBS News, 26 June 2026
  • Rivera said the rainy weather didn't change his team's approach.
    — Stephen Whyno, ajc, 27 Nov. 2022
  • Though, a lot of the trip was met with cloudy skies and rainy conditions.
    — Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 23 Sep. 2025
  • That was a rainy, cold, three in the morning night out at an airfield.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 6 Sep. 2025
  • April’s weather can swing wildly, warm one day and cold and rainy the next.
    — Washington Post, 29 Mar. 2022
  • Ares can pay that out as a special or keep it on hand for a rainy lending day.
    — Brett Owens, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2024
  • With two months left in the rainy season, this already is the third-wettest on record.
    — Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 22 Dec. 2025
  • The end to the rainy Bay Area weather won’t take that long.
    — Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Looking for a way to stay dry during the rainy month of April?
    — Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 31 Mar. 2025
  • That rainy weather sets up the next cold front around Tuesday.
    — Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 11 Mar. 2026

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