How to Use downpour in a Sentence

downpour

noun
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  • That’s not to say the machine can’t cope with a downpour.
    — Jeremy Taylor, Robb Report, 12 Jan. 2022
  • Some don’t even stop at heavy downpours or gusty typhoons.
    — Chris Lau, CNN, 17 Oct. 2024
  • Stores give people places to walk to, to meet up with friends, and to escape from a sudden downpour.
    — Michael Waters, Wired, 22 Feb. 2022
  • Our favorites are ready for anything—downpours and mud puddles have finally met their match.
    — Jessica Kasparian, SELF, 26 Oct. 2024
  • The harsh downpour will push through Greater Houston Wednesday evening.
    — Jay R. Jordan, Chron, 19 Jan. 2022
  • There are few things worse than stepping outside and getting caught in a torrential downpour or snowstorm.
    — Yoni Heisler, BGR, 8 Feb. 2022
  • By those averages, three-quarters of the city's monthly total fell in this single downpour.
    — Karol Suarez and Brandon Miller, CNN, 1 Feb. 2022
  • The search was temporarily suspended due to a downpour.
    — Bloomberg.com, 23 Mar. 2022
  • Between the lines: Climate change is causing greater swings in the weather, bringing heavy downpours followed by dry spells.
    — Tasha Tsiaperas, Axios, 23 Oct. 2024
  • The downpour flooded roads and swept through homes, damaging dozens and collapsing some entirely.
    — Washington Post, 2 Feb. 2022
  • Rising sea temperatures are fueling storms with greater wind speeds and heavier downpours.
    — Daphne Ewing-Chow, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
  • Straka two-putted, then waited to see if Lowry — who rushed into a poor tee shot during the downpour on 18 — could get to 10 under.
    — Tim Reynolds, ajc, 28 Feb. 2022
  • As the rain went from a sprinkle to a downpour, McCord says the lions' cuddling intensified, per Gizmodo.
    — Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Feb. 2022
  • The sudden downpour came in fast, and both camped out on the 18th fairway under their umbrellas before playing their second shots into the par-5 finishing hole.
    — Tim Reynolds, ajc, 28 Feb. 2022
  • There was a heavy downpour at the time of the crash, police said.
    — Brian Dakss, CBS News, 7 Aug. 2023
  • The huge rain fly has kept me dry through heavy downpours.
    — Scott Canon, Kansas City Star, 24 Jan. 2024
  • Most of the rain — just over an inch — came in an epic downpour between 6 a.m. and 8 a.m.
    — CBS News, 6 Aug. 2022
  • There is nothing like a steady downpour in the dark to put a frog in a festive frame of mind.
    — Murr Brewster, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Mar. 2024
  • The slide was reported on the morning of March 3 after days of downpours in the area.
    — Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2023
  • The downpour marked the latest such flood that has occurred over the past few weeks across the United States.
    — Annabelle Timsit and Zach Rosenthal, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Aug. 2022
  • The afternoon has the best chance for showers, storms and downpours.
    — A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 27 Aug. 2023
  • Storms brought high winds, lightning, heavy downpours to the region, with the risk of flooding and hail.
    — Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 5 June 2024
  • Our soupy air mass promotes the chance for some hit-or-miss downpours into the evening.
    — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 24 July 2024
  • The downpour pummeled the town’s flat concrete roofs and wide green orchards.
    — Louisa Loveluck, Washington Post, 15 Sep. 2023
  • That may continue to be the case, although the whole area runs the chance of a quick downpour into this evening.
    — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 22 Feb. 2024
  • His father lies supine on the sodden ground ahead, dead and bloated in the downpour.
    — Washington Post, 27 July 2022
  • What lessons were learned by folks who didn’t have to contend with downpours during the Wave’s season-and-a-third on the site?
    — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Mar. 2024
  • The downpour led to a flash flood that destroyed homes and caused damage to other structures in the area.
    — Jason Duaine Hahn, Peoplemag, 5 Sep. 2022
  • Getting caught in a downpour is unpleasant in the first place.
    — Rachel Z. Arndt, Popular Mechanics, 20 Dec. 2022
  • The Friday downpour caused the second flooding event in the park within a week.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Aug. 2022

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