Examples from the web for rainstorm
- It wasn't a rainstorm that residents battened down for, but mob reprisals.
- The shepherd had made the discovery by chance while seeking shelter from a rainstorm decades ago.
- However, the animals are easy to find in a rainstorm, since their upturned noses catch water and cause them to sneeze.
- The flight lands in a rainstorm of mist and scattered drip-drops.
- Then came a rainstorm with gusts that nearly ripped his shelter from the ground.
- Or an intense, deadly rainstorm never shows up in a monthly average rainfall tally.
- If they don't put enough into the cloud, they could end up creating a rainstorm rather than preventing one, he says.
- If you don't believe that's true, try driving a solar car through a big rainstorm.
- It is a ratio that can flummox, particularly during a rainstorm at rush hour.
- When his tribe discovers what he has done, they tie him to the stake, but a rainstorm puts out the fire.
British Dictionary definitions for rainstorm
noun 1. a storm with heavy rain
Word Origin and History for rainstorm