How do you use Rainstorm in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like storm or rain, plus the exact meaning.
Rainstorm meaning
A storm characterized by substantial, heavy rainfall.
Using Rainstorm
- The main meaning on this page is: A storm characterized by substantial, heavy rainfall.
- Useful related words include: storm, violent storm, rain, rainfall.
- In the example corpus, rainstorm often appears in combinations such as: during rainstorm, heavy rainstorm, rainstorm and.
Context around Rainstorm
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 11 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Rainstorm
- In this selection, "rainstorm" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, heavy, recent, real, led, worsens and overturn stand out and add context to how "rainstorm" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include during a rainstorm and a heavy rainstorm and flash. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "rainstorm" sits close to words such as aarp, accretion and aerosols, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with rainstorm
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Then, we had the first heavy rainstorm since our arrival. (10 words)
In Hong Kong a recent rainstorm was said to be the worst in 140 years. (15 words)
A truck drives through a flooded street during a rainstorm, Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024, in Santa Barbara, Calif. (18 words)
Despite that, the plot ultimately sides with Madoka: regardless of Haruka's boasting, the rainstorm worsens, to the point the driver cuts his losses and forfeits the race that, on a sunny day, might have given him a win. (39 words)
As the rainstorm is forecasted to continue, the provincial flood control and drought relief headquarters decided to upgrade the flood control and typhoon emergency response from level III to level II at 1 a.m. Sunday. (36 words)
Councillor King noted that it is very challenging in this area, through his lived experience, to ensure that soil is not displaced during a heavy rainstorm, and had concerns about waste remaining buried in such conditions. (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
The cast joked about what a pain in the butt it was to film this sequence – they even had to wait out a real rainstorm so they could resume filming in their fake rainstorm.
A 50-year-old man from Italy was struck by lightning while riding a bike in a forest during a summer rainstorm.
An intense rainstorm led to flash flooding in Willard on Thursday afternoon, when the precipitation hit the hillside too fast to be soaked in, sending a river of mud into yards and homes.
A six-storey building under construction at the city campus of the University for Development Studies (UDS) in Tamale collapsed last Saturday during a rainstorm.
As the rainstorm is forecasted to continue, the provincial flood control and drought relief headquarters decided to upgrade the flood control and typhoon emergency response from level III to level II at 1 a.m. Sunday.
At Paradiso in Barcelona, meanwhile, a smoky mezcal and hibiscus cocktail called The Cloud is served with a poufy coffee-flavored, well, cloud that hovers over the glass like an impending rainstorm.
Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, executive director of the Stockton-based community organization Restore the Delta, stands next to a flooded creek following a recent rainstorm.
Despite that, the plot ultimately sides with Madoka: regardless of Haruka's boasting, the rainstorm worsens, to the point the driver cuts his losses and forfeits the race that, on a sunny day, might have given him a win.
I have also watched the seasons changethe leaves turn yellow and fall to the ground, glimpsed a rainstorm overturn some banquet tables my loved ones going about their tranquil, safe existence.
In Hong Kong a recent rainstorm was said to be the worst in 140 years.
In this file photo from Dec. 1 2020, a man walks across a pedestrian bridge over a full Kenduskeag Stream in downtown Bangor during a rainstorm.
It was just one problem that Section 8 tenants named Junie might have faced after the roof of her bedroom fell in during rainstorm.
That was where he was buried in March as a rainstorm soaked the mourners, the drops mingling with their tears.
The crash occurred during a heavy rainstorm in Daman district and a total of five soldiers were killed, the Department of Defense said.
Then, we had the first heavy rainstorm since our arrival.
A heavy rainstorm and flash flooding caused part of a roadway bridge to collapse, killing at least a dozen people in southern Shaanxi province in China on Friday evening.
As Toronto residents face property damage following a severe rainstorm earlier this month, insurance experts are recommending homeowners and renters consider flood protection now — as precipitation rates are predicted to increase due to climate change.
A truck drives through a flooded street during a rainstorm, Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024, in Santa Barbara, Calif.
Councillor King noted that it is very challenging in this area, through his lived experience, to ensure that soil is not displaced during a heavy rainstorm, and had concerns about waste remaining buried in such conditions.
Entry for this ‘light’ version is through either the single front door or the hatch in the middle, underneath – which is perfect in a rainstorm as no water can get in when you open it.
Common combinations with rainstorm
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- during rainstorm 11×
- heavy rainstorm 10×
- rainstorm and 7×
- the rainstorm 5×
- after rainstorm 5×
- in rainstorm 4×
- from rainstorm 4×
- rainstorm is 3×
- rainstorm earlier 3×
- following rainstorm 3×