How to Use torrential in a Sentence

torrential

adjective
Definition of torrentialnext
  • The rain caused torrential flooding.
  • There is rain, torrential downpours that come down out of the blue.
    — NBC News, 8 Oct. 2021
  • Instead, they and the friends who joined them are trapped by torrential rain.
    — Matt Kamen, WIRED, 6 July 2024
  • The chopper flew back up there and picked him up in a torrential downpour.
    — Svati Kirsten Narula, Outside Online, 11 Oct. 2022
  • This year, while the West Coast burned, the East was met with torrential, record-breaking levels of rain.
    — Yussef Cole, Wired, 18 Dec. 2021
  • That means during the heaviest of storms, L.A. can have torrential rains that are in a rush to get out to sea.
    — Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2024
  • During the past week, torrential rains have caused flooding in 11 of Venezuela’s 23 states.
    — Andry RincÓn, ajc, 9 Oct. 2022
  • Over the weekend, the state saw torrential downpours and heavy winds with gusts as high as 40 mph in some areas.
    — Callie Patteson, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 29 Sep. 2024
  • Lucky for us the torrential rains held off until the party ended.
    — Janet B. Carson, Arkansas Online, 30 Oct. 2023
  • In recent years the area has been hit by torrential rains and hurricane-force winds.
    — Emily Anthes Emil T. Lippe, New York Times, 8 Aug. 2023
  • The most recent flooding, which followed torrential rain last week, was the worst yet.
    — New York Times, 20 Apr. 2022
  • The 2021 spring game, Wommack’s first as Jaguars head coach, was called off at halftime due to torrential rain and lightning.
    — Creg Stephenson | [email protected], al, 16 Apr. 2022
  • The flood threat will be greatest Sunday evening and overnight, as torrential rain pours across the I-95 corridor.
    — Kenton Gewecke, ABC News, 10 Dec. 2023
  • Inland, torrential rains and high winds can cause flash flooding and pull down power lines and trees and tear up roofs.
    — Sean P. Murphy, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Sep. 2022
  • Some of the flooding issues were more recent; others stemmed from the torrential downpours that hit the city in August 2021.
    — Deidre Montague, Hartford Courant, 7 Feb. 2023
  • Then, a week later, just as the area was beginning to dry out, more torrential rain caused the waterways to swell again.
    — Timothy Fanning, San Antonio Express-News, 6 July 2022
  • Racegoers in their silk and satin finest happily became drenched in the torrential downpour, as the show and the race must go on.
    — Rivea Ruff, Essence, 19 May 2022
  • Harmon has a knack for torrential monologues, and Zien has a doozy to deliver.
    — Don Aucoin, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Sep. 2023
  • Sky News Residents tell us that one family climbed up to the school from their house to stay safe from the torrential rainfall of Storm Daniel.
    — Yousra Elbagir, NBC News, 16 Sep. 2023
  • Storms could again be slow movers and could contain torrential downpours.
    — Leigh Morgan, al, 26 Aug. 2022
  • In March of 1908, a torrential rain overpowered the system.
    — Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune, 26 May 2024
  • The torrential rains that poured over the state of Rio Grande do Sul in recent days were well above normal for this time of year, according to experts.
    — Ana Ionova, New York Times, 2 May 2024
  • The two courses were going to present enough of a challenge for the 264-person field to begin with, but Sunday was washed out by torrential rain.
    — Jim Owczarski, Journal Sentinel, 12 Sep. 2022
  • The storms also pummeled much of Nebraska with torrential rain, high winds and large hail.
    — CBS News, 21 May 2024
  • That run was also charged to Gil before a torrential downpour halted the game for one hour and 27 minutes.
    — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 27 June 2024
  • Sunny skies followed two days of torrential storms that dumped the typical amount of rain that the city gets in all of November.
    — Bradford Betz, Fox News, 17 Nov. 2021
  • Your wipers are working overtime to clear the screen of torrential rain and headlights are set to full beam to seek out corners of the unlit country road ahead.
    — Alistair Charlton, Wired, 24 Feb. 2022
  • Before a decision could be made, the heavens released a torrential rain while bolts of lightning ripped through the black sky.
    — Sally H. Jacobs, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Aug. 2023
  • Roads across the state remained impassable following Milton's torrential downpour and storm surge.
    — Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 12 Oct. 2024
  • Brilliant blue skies worthy of an Instagram filter open up in seconds, unleashing torrential rains.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024

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