Word Finder - rained

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To have rain fall from the sky.

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It will rain today.

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To fall as or like rain.

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Bombs rained from the sky.

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To issue (something) in large quantities.

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The boxer rained punches on his opponent's head.

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To reign.

Bullets rained down on them.

It still rained, but it wasn't cold that made her hands tremble as she left the car.

She covered her head as dirt and debris rained over her.

The last time he went to the surface, it had rained huge raindrops.

Brooks (1819-1857), a congressman from South Carolina, suddenly confronted Sumner as he sat writing at his desk in the Senate chamber, denounced his speech as a libel upon his state and upon Butler, his relative, and before Sumner, pinioned by his desk, could make the slightest resistance, rained blow after blow upon his head, till his victim sank bleeding and unconscious upon the floor.

Dean fig­ured it hadn't rained in Pagosa Springs in months but she began to spread out her sleeping bag in the narrow space next to him, nudg­ing him closer to the side with her hip.

Arrows rained over her, one striking her horse.

A few days later he set off for Manchester, posting in that wettest of autumns through "the rain that rained away the Corn Laws," and on his arrival got his friends together, and raised the money which tided Cobden over the emergency.

But the rumble of the machinery made me think it was thundering, and I began to cry, because I feared if it rained we should not be able to have our picnic out of doors.

On the 1st of April it rained and melted the ice, and in the early part of the day, which was very foggy, I heard a stray goose groping about over the pond and cackling as if lost, or like the spirit of the fog.

What if clouds rained Sprite and made the world fizzy?

Choose an alternative date in case your party is rained out, or have an indoor space ready for moving the party to if it looks like the weather may turn ugly.

The first Persians to engage were the mounted archers, who rained arrows on the Spartans.

It rained incessantly, and blew an hurricane, this and the day following.

Dean felt cheated, doubly so because yesterday, a comp day off, it had rained as if St. Swithin was ticked off at the world, denying him the pleasure of biking the Pennsylvania countryside.

Half the orchard was on fire while the other half rained delicate pink-white blooms from the apple trees.

Yesterday it rained with but little intermission, but I was jealous of news.

It rained and after seeing the mountain goats we had to get our waterproof coats and that was a major pain.

It has rained almost nonstop for three out of the last four days, and the result is a lot of surface water.

It last rained in Newark according to the boro surveyor 's department 13 days ago.

Thursday, August 12th The day was very thundery - it rained heavily almost constantly.

It had rained constantly since we'd arrived and it got torrential during the second half.

On the first day it rained, so we went to watch John 's other favorite pastime - scoffing food in the local cafe.

It had rained constantly since we 'd arrived and it got torrential during the second half.

It hadn’t rained since last winter and the ground was bone dry.

It rained almost everyday, and many of the scenes were outside shots.

If it has just rained or the soil is very wet, wait until it dries out a bit.

Give your vegetable plants full sun and plenty of water if it hasn't rained in a week or so.

Nothing is more miserable than waking up in the middle of the night because it's rained and you and your sleeping bag are soaked!

Beach party-You can have a beach party in the middle of your living room that won't be rained out.

In addition to the awards rained upon the motion pictures when they were released, the DVD releases earned Peter Jackson still more awards and honors.

Immediately after the scroll vanished from the screen, we saw a small ship racing away as bolts of fire rained down upon it.