pelting rain
Frequency: 7.09.8 per million words
describes very heavy and forceful rain
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Examples (20)
- The pelting rain soaked us to the bone in minutes.
- The hikers were caught in a sudden downpour of pelting rain.
- Drivers were forced to pull over because of the pelting rain.
- We could barely see the road through the sheets of pelting rain.
- We could hear the sound of pelting rain against the tin roof.
- All night long, the pelting rain hammered against the windows.
- Despite the pelting rain, the football match continued.
- She pulled her coat tighter, trying to shield herself from the pelting rain.
- She hurried inside to escape the pelting rain.
- The children watched from indoors as the pelting rain turned the street into a river.
- The garden was flattened by the force of the pelting rain.
- Despite the pelting rain, the determined athletes continued their race.
- They struggled to see through the windshield in the pelting rain.
- A shelter provided little relief from the relentless pelting rain.
- The pelting rain turned the dusty path into a muddy stream.
- The sound of the pelting rain made it difficult to hear the television.
- The birds sought shelter from the pelting rain under the eaves.
- They had to shout over the roar of the pelting rain to communicate.
- I forgot my umbrella and got caught in the pelting rain.
- The garden was flattened by the force of the pelting rain.