How do you use Torrential in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like current or stream, plus the exact meaning.
Torrential meaning
Coming or characterized by torrents; flowing heavily or in large quantities.
Synonyms of Torrential
Using Torrential
- The main meaning on this page is: Coming or characterized by torrents; flowing heavily or in large quantities.
- Useful related words include: current, stream, uncontrolled, abundant.
- In the example corpus, torrential often appears in combinations such as: torrential rain, torrential rains, the torrential.
Context around Torrential
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 14 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Torrential
- In this selection, "torrential" 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, dumped, saw, following, rain, rains and downpours stand out and add context to how "torrential" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include about the torrential that had and areas and torrential rain pummelled. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "torrential" sits close to words such as acknowledgement, anwar and applaud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with torrential
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
His stream of books was almost torrential. (7 words)
Meteorologists have issued a torrential rain warning for some western provinces while expecting strong storms in the country’s south. (20 words)
Elsewhere parts of England, Ireland and Scotland have been thrashed by high winds and torrential downpours with more rain still to come. (22 words)
He recalled that the agriculture sector in Sindh suffered colossal financial losses to the tune of Rs1,400 billion due to torrential seasonal downpours as well as spillovers and breaches in the saline drains which were triggered by rains. (39 words)
Linda Orengo, 69, surveys flood damage to her home in the Santa Cruz County town of Felton, Calif., where the San Lorenzo River, swelled by torrential rains, reached major flood stage before dawn on Monday, Jan. (36 words)
Authorities in New Zealand’s biggest city, Auckland, began mopping up on Saturday, a day after torrential rain brought flooding and evacuations, shutting airports and forcing organizers to cancel a scheduled concert by Elton John. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
Torrential Imelda rains kill 2, flood homes, snarl travel around HoustonTropical Storm Imelda dumped torrential rains over the Houston-area, killing at least two people,.
Across the country, the week of hot sunny weather finally came to an end as Sunday (June 18) in particular saw torrential rain.
A pedestrian walks past a clean-up operation in a mud-covered street, following torrential rains that brought widespread floods to the city of Hong Kong.
As previously reported, several days of torrential rain left the fields waterlogged at a time when the site and stage were being set up causing the ground to churn up.
At least 10 people died during storms that barreled across the Southern and Midwest United States on Friday evening, causing torrential rains and tornadoes that left widespread destruction in multiple states.
Authorities in New Zealand’s biggest city, Auckland, began mopping up on Saturday, a day after torrential rain brought flooding and evacuations, shutting airports and forcing organizers to cancel a scheduled concert by Elton John.
But the swings from one extreme to the next—drought to torrential rain, record-breaking cold to sweltering heat, storm to sun—have lately begun to feel apocalyptic.
Elsewhere parts of England, Ireland and Scotland have been thrashed by high winds and torrential downpours with more rain still to come.
Even though Hurricane Hilary will not be a wind powerhouse for the United States, torrential downpours and the possibility of record rainfall will pose a significant risk to life and property.
Gombe a land where almost everybody knows everybody due to it’s torrential uniqueness, peace, potentialities, and diverse cultural heritage, a place we all called home.
He recalled that the agriculture sector in Sindh suffered colossal financial losses to the tune of Rs1,400 billion due to torrential seasonal downpours as well as spillovers and breaches in the saline drains which were triggered by rains.
His stream of books was almost torrential.
In Japan, authorities issued heatstroke alerts to tens of millions of people in 20 of its 47 prefectures as near-record high temperatures scorched large areas and torrential rain pummelled other regions.
James Maddison came out to praise the Tottenham Hotspur fans after torrential rain meant that their clash with Leicester City was called off.
Knocknagree brought their tally to seven & then quickly up to eight to head back to the dressing rooms away from the torrential rain 0-8 to 0-4 to the good at the short whistle.
Linda Orengo, 69, surveys flood damage to her home in the Santa Cruz County town of Felton, Calif., where the San Lorenzo River, swelled by torrential rains, reached major flood stage before dawn on Monday, Jan.
Meteorologists have issued a torrential rain warning for some western provinces while expecting strong storms in the country’s south.
One angry viewer said they had seen nothing in the forecast about the torrential that had fallen across Cork in the spring, forcing them to miss an appointment.
On Thursday, the Ministry of Public Administration and Security raised the natural disaster level posed by torrential rains to the highest in the three-tier system.
Residents across the county have endured gale force winds, torrential downpours, travel disruption, fallen trees and flooding in recent days due to Storm Ciaran.
Common combinations with torrential
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- torrential rain 90×
- torrential rains 41×
- the torrential 24×
- torrential downpours 21×
- torrential rainfall 17×
- and torrential 17×
- after torrential 12×
- by torrential 11×
- torrential downpour 11×
- of torrential 10×