Below you will find example sentences with "heavy rains". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Heavy Rains in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: heavy
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 19
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 27.5 words

Words in this phrase

heavy rains

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • heavy can mean: Having great weight. Common word
  • rains can mean: plural of rain Frequent word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 7 start, 9 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

56 as heavy rains lash country 1× alert for heavy rains since late 1× angeles with heavy rains threatening flooding 1× august 26 heavy rains had led 1× by the heavy rains experienced during 1× by unusually heavy rains has risen 1× emily brought heavy rains to the 1× fields following heavy rains in baidoa 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

heavy to very 3× amy chester managing 1× an aerial photo 1× an aerial view 1× authorities have also 1× death toll from 1×

Common sentence endings:

apr 15 2024 1× april last year 1× gujarat on friday 1× gujarat region nam 1× heavy wind gusts 1× in other places 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

flooding 6× following 4× lash 3× country 3× rainfall 3× monday 3× low 3× areas 3× last 3× year 3× places 3× caused 3×

Related phrases

heavy rainfall heavy rain heavy water heavy metal heavy showers heavy snow heavy losses heavy load heavy drinking

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around heavy:

heavy rainfall 20× heavy rain 20× heavy water 18× heavy metal 14×

Just before it in the phrase index:

heavy rainfall heavy rain heavy metal heavy losses heavy load heavy drinking

Just after it in the phrase index:

heavy showers heavy snow heavy water heavyweight champion hebrew bible hedge fund

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

heavy rainfall heavy rain heavy water heavy metal heavy showers heavy snow

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "heavy rains" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 27.5 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as 56 as heavy rains lash country, alert for heavy rains since late, flooding, following and lash stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with heavy rainfall, heavy rain, heavy water, heavy rainfall, heavy rain and heavy water, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with heavy rains

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

An aerial view shows flooded fields following heavy rains in Baidoa, Somalia, November 16, 2023. (15 words)

Heavy to very heavy rains have caused flooding at many places in Saurashtra, especially Visavadar and Junagadh. (17 words)

Hail and heavy rains were predicted throughout much of the country, which could also see lightning and heavy wind gusts. (20 words)

Longer example sentences

The low pressure is also likely to cause heavy showers in Odisha from August 24 to 26, and very heavy rainfall over Jharkhand on August 26. Heavy rains had led to waterlogging in low lying areas in Odisha, Uttarakhand and Gujarat on Friday. (43 words)

Death toll from Kenya landslides rises to 56 as heavy rains lash country's north westThe death toll from landslides in northwestern Kenya triggered on Saturday by unusually heavy rains has risen to at least 56 people, a local official said. (41 words)

Experts in insect physiology known as entomologists are attributing the desert locust invasion in the country to the favorable conditions brought about by the heavy rains experienced during the short rains season last year. (34 words)

Example sentences (20)

Unrelated heavy rains over some of the same mountain counties already produced local flooding earlier this week, making conditions ripe for much worse flooding if Helene brings heavy rains to the area.

Death toll from Kenya landslides rises to 56 as heavy rains lash country's north westThe death toll from landslides in northwestern Kenya triggered on Saturday by unusually heavy rains has risen to at least 56 people, a local official said.

The local MeT office has issued an orange warning of heavy to very heavy rainfall on Sunday and a yellow warning of heavy rains on Monday.

The low pressure is also likely to cause heavy showers in Odisha from August 24 to 26, and very heavy rainfall over Jharkhand on August 26. Heavy rains had led to waterlogging in low lying areas in Odisha, Uttarakhand and Gujarat on Friday.

Experts in insect physiology known as entomologists are attributing the desert locust invasion in the country to the favorable conditions brought about by the heavy rains experienced during the short rains season last year.

It began with torrential rains in late 1314, followed by a very cold winter and heavy rains the following spring that killed many sheep and cattle.

Heavy snow fell in southern California on Friday, as the first blizzard in a generation pounded the hills around Los Angeles, with heavy rains threatening flooding in other places.

Heavy to very heavy rains have caused flooding at many places in Saurashtra, especially Visavadar and Junagadh.

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Authorities have also placed the northern region on high alert for heavy rains since late Monday and agencies have taken measures to counter the impact of heavy rainfall.

Onlookers gaze towards municipal workers using heavy machinery to level the ground after damage due to floodwaters following heavy rains on the outskirts of Quetta, Pakistan, on Apr 15, 2024.

The same areas experience inconvenience when heavy rains lashed Delhi NCR last year, causing heavy flooding in parts of the national capital due to dangerously high water levels of Yamuna.

The forecast says that heavy to very heavy rains may continue to lash the state in the next three to four days.

Hail and heavy rains were predicted throughout much of the country, which could also see lightning and heavy wind gusts.

Heavy to very heavy rains across Karnataka disrupted normal life, caused rivers to overflow, inundated low-laying areas and hit vehicular traffic, a weather official said on Tuesday.

Heavy to very heavy rains are expected to lash most parts of the state including Banaskantha, Sabarkantha, Aravalli, Mahisagar, Valsad, Navsari on Sunday.

On Monday, heavy to very heavy rains are very likely at isolated places in the districts of Gujarat region nam.

Hurricane Ivan (2004) swept past the island causing heavy damage and a number of deaths; in 2005, Hurricanes Dennis and Emily brought heavy rains to the island.

Amy Chester, managing director of Rebuild By Design, said recent heavy rains that caused massive flooding in New York City did not cause similar chaos in Hoboken, due in part to the resiliency work.

An aerial photo of work being carried out on the train line at Otford following a land slip after heavy rains in April last year.

An aerial view shows flooded fields following heavy rains in Baidoa, Somalia, November 16, 2023.

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