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How to use rain in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, verb

Rain means condensed water falling from a cloud. Example: “We've been having a lot of rain lately.”

Examples of rain by meaning

nounCondensed water falling from a cloud.

  • We've been having a lot of rain lately.
  • The rains came late that year.
  • This process involves cloud seeding – when various substances are put into clouds in an attempt to cause rain.2019, VOA Learning English (public domain)

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

  • A rain of mortar fire fell on our trenches.

verbTo have rain fall from the sky.

  • Judging by the black cloud, it will rain later today.

verbTo fall as or like rain.

  • Tears rained from her eyes.
  • Leaves rained from the tree.
  • Bombs rained from the sky.

verbTo issue (something) in large quantities.

  • The boxer rained punches on his opponent's head.
  • Generous to a fault, they positively rained gifts on all their friends.
  • Reporters rained questions on the beleaguered police chief.

More sentences with rain

  • Heavy rains have caused the dam's abutments to seep, raising concern over possible dam failure.From the entry abutment
  • The acid rain ate away the statue. The strong acid eats through the metal.From the entry eat
  • It wouldn't hurt to check the weather forecast and find out if it's going to rain.From the entry hurt
  • His car spun in the rains just after finishing lap four.From the entry spin
  • I went out in the rain and now my clothes are all wet.From the entry wet
  • After a heavy rain, the sky cleared nicely for the evening.From the entry clear
  • Despite a walk in the rain, my shoes weren't too dirty.From the entry dirty
  • Is it still raining? It was still raining five minutes ago.From the entry still
  • I felt a splash of rain, so I put up my hood.From the entry splash
  • If it has rained all day, it must be very wet outside.From the entry must
  • Her father told her to phone him to pick her up in case it started raining heavily.From the entry phone
  • Cold temperatures, heavy rain, falling rocks, strong winds and glacier movement can damage the equipment.From the entry damage
  • It smells like rain. Perhaps we should take along a bumbershoot.From the entry bumbershoot
  • It was pouring rain, so the kids played kickball in the gym instead of on the field.From the entry gym
  • I needn’t have washed the car: shortly after it started raining.From the entry needn't
  • We couldn't go out because the rain was sheeting down all day long.From the entry sheet
  • A number of clouds were seeded to help provide rain to a drought-stricken area.From the entry seed
  • The sun came out after the rain, and we saw a rainbow.From the entry out
  • The ballplayers sat on the bench watching the rain, glumly working their chews.From the entry chew
  • It's not just possible, it's probable that there will be rain tomorrow.From the entry possible
  • Some areas were deluged with a month's worth of rain in 24 hours.From the entry deluge
  • It rained before we repaired the roof, and were we in a fix!From the entry fix
  • With a full rain suit, carrying an umbrella may be superfluous.From the entry superfluous
  • They are hoping it does not rain, but I expect it will.From the entry hope
  • There was a roll of thunder and the rain began to pour down.From the entry roll
  • It will precipitate tomorrow, but we don't know whether as rain or snow.From the entry precipitate
  • I need never have packed my set of sunglasses - it rained all day every day.From the entry need
  • It's raining. I said, "It's raining." Do you hear me? It's raining! Oh, forget it!From the entry forget it
  • It's going to rain today – you'd better take your brolly.From the entry brolly

Meaning of rain

  1. noun Condensed water falling from a cloud.
  2. noun Any matter moving or falling, usually through air, and especially if liquid or otherwise figuratively identifiable with raindrops.
  3. noun An instance of particles or larger pieces of matter moving or falling through air.

Full definition of rain

Questions about rain in a sentence

How do you use rain in a sentence?
Rain is used as a noun and verb. For example: “We've been having a lot of rain lately.”
What is a short sentence with rain?
“Bombs rained from the sky.”
What does rain mean?
Rain means condensed water falling from a cloud.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: rain (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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