Word Finder - rain

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Condensed water falling from a cloud.

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The rains came late that year.

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Any matter moving or falling, usually through air, and especially if liquid or otherwise figuratively identifiable with raindrops.

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An instance of particles or larger pieces of matter moving or falling through air.

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A rain of mortar fire fell on our trenches.

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To have rain fall from the sky.

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It will rain today.

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To fall as or like rain.

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Bombs rained from the sky.

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To issue (something) in large quantities.

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The boxer rained punches on his opponent's head.

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To reign.

The rain on the roof was soothing.

The rain seems less heavy.

The rain drummed wildly on the roof.

Why does the rain fall?

A single gentle rain makes the grass many shades greener.

The meat was meant for outdoor grilling, but the rain kept us inside.

The rain was over, but drops were still falling from the trees.

The day dawned cloudy and cold with a light rain that chilled her after ten minutes.

She shook off the rain in the doorway and crossed to the small booth near the bar that she and her father usually shared.

I knew that it would not rain any more.

We need rain badly.

It was a fine day, sunny after rain, and the air was unusually pure.

Holding out her arm, she was fascinated to see the rain arc to avoid it.

Wind and rain slashed at her as she reached the kitchen doorway and she hurried into the house.

Before winter I built a chimney, and shingled the sides of my house, which were already impervious to rain, with imperfect and sappy shingles made of the first slice of the log, whose edges I was obliged to straighten with a plane.

Rain splattered hard against his windows, drawing his gaze to the windows.

The rain picked up again.

A stream of rain was splattering on the patio and then a bolt of lightning lit up the bedroom.

Does the rain fall there?

He nodded and crossed to the window and stared out at the rain.

Let's get the hell out of this drenching rain.

I just need a place to duck out of the rain for a bit.

He took a sip of the coffee as he turned back to watch the rain.

In the rain, could they find a trail?

His rain coat flipped in the breeze, exposing rippling muscles in his thighs as the square toed boots sought and found solid footholds in the wet rock.

Alex removed his rain coat and put it around her shoulders.

Maybe it was the near-inaudible buzz or the rain on the roof, or my imagination, by I actually napped, for about twenty minutes.

Thunder tumbled down the San Juan Mountains, heralding the arrival of pelting rain that turned the Jeep road into a surging stream and the sky to an ominous shade of raven black.

Eventually, rain drumming on the porch roof lulled her back to sleep.

Then came the rain and the gray skies – day after day.

She squinted up through the rain drops.

It crossed her mind that she couldn't get dehydrated in this rain, but she obediently downed some of the water.

There was a drizzle of snow on the high ridges, rain below, and mist everywhere.

He had to ride through heavy rain.

When such holes freeze, and a rain succeeds, and finally a new freezing forms a fresh smooth ice over all, it is beautifully mottled internally by dark figures, shaped somewhat like a spider's web, what you may call ice rosettes, produced by the channels worn by the water flowing from all sides to a centre.

The wide expanse that opened out before the heights on which the Russian batteries stood guarding the bridge was at times veiled by a diaphanous curtain of slanting rain, and then, suddenly spread out in the sunlight, far-distant objects could be clearly seen glittering as though freshly varnished.

This restaurant is enclosed, which makes it nice in the rain or when the weather is too hot.

In the hilly city of Fayetteville, that was a threat during any heavy rain.

Quinn lit the large stove to stave off the cold as rain pounded the metal roof above us.

The four of us retreated to the first floor, amid a rain of questions while he remained upstairs.

It mixed with the rain to drip pink puddles on the ceramic floor.

He held her, never imagining anything could feel so right despite the rain and cold.

The rain had stopped, and the landscape around the graveyard was dotted with reflective pools.

She locked her doors and wiped rain from her face.

It was warm and sweet, like a summer rain.

He smelled of rain and night, a masculine musk she found as soothing as his bite.

The rain would pack down the mud and melt the rest of the snow.

The rain trickled down the back of her neck and she pulled up her hood, sloshing toward the house again.

Finally, he broke through the thatch of branches and leaves blocking most of the sun.  The day was darkening.  In the distance, he saw the massive fortress that was Death's, and he saw the Lake of Souls he'd seen in angel memories.  He saw birds but couldn't see through the jungle to where Katie might be.  The branch holding him swayed in a heavy wind that smelled of rain.

The sound came again, the cry of someone who was hurt.  Katie wiped her eyes.  She was drenched with rain and curled against the large root of a tree.  The birds of the jungle made screaming sounds, but this was different.  This was human.