How To Use Downpour In A Sentence

In turn, the gallery's window is fitted with giant windscreen wipers to sweep away a continuous downpour of "rain" inverted commas seem necessary to any description of Weber's wonderfully artificial sculptural conceits. This week's new exhibitions
Forecasters have promised more torrential downpours today and tomorrow. The Sun
The trinkets they were wearing around their necks and wrists gave off a glimmer in the dim light - the sky had turned into a mass of sullen grey threatening a persistent downpour.
The game was delayed by more than an hour after a torrential downpour made the pitch virtually unplayable. Times, Sunday Times
The Environment Agency's rain level gauges around the region confirmed the intensity of the downpour.

After the earlier downpours, the rain clouds cleared and the sun arrived just in time for Saturday's colourful street procession.
A downpour of rain put out the children's bonfire.
Closer to home, in England's West Country, a man woke with a start when he found a deer lurking in his bedroom after a night of heavy downpours and gale force winds.
We got the first in a downpour of irresistibly tuneful songs from the classic film.
The downpour did not intensify by degrees but simply gushed forth with biblical fury, vertical and windless.
Now in Ljubljana, although unfortunately we're having a bit of a downpour, that doesn't look like it's about to let up. Breakfast in Bed
The collapse occurred in the heavy downpours that marked the last two rainy seasons.
Every time there is a heavy downpour the garden fills up with raw sewage and floodwater because of inadequate drains up the road.
From these imperatives spring the iconographies and situations that animate this suite: the large sitting figure, the figure standing with its arms akimbo, the man lost in a downpour.
Of course, downpours can come at any time, but there are some advantages to be gained by changing the date - particularly that it would also enable schools to become involved.
With rivers close to bursting and ground sodden from days of downpours, tonight's fresh deluge comes at a particularly vulnerable time. Times, Sunday Times
Lucky you if you managed to escape Blighty and the weekend's torrential downpours. Times, Sunday Times
They were caused by a sudden violent downpour which drains were unable to cope with.
Most dressed like holidaymakers to the Balearics and paid the price as downpours swept the city while temperatures fell to autumn levels. David Haye cut down to size by Wladimir Klitschko's ram-rod power | Paul Hayward
But, as conditions deteriorated, a drizzle giving way to a steady downpour, so did the standard of play with a succession of knock-ons gifting both sides possession.
Quick downpours from summer thunderstorms can cause flash floods anywhere.
The little gits persist in playing football outside my flat even in the foulest term-time downpours.
This excess floatation capacity may allow the insects to bounce on water surfaces, much like a rubber ball on a cement sidewalk, to avoid drowning during a downpour.
I sigh, crack one eye, and regard the interplay of shadows on the wall, listening to the incessant staccato of the downpour.
The ruling was made after heavy overnight rain had made the course extremely wet, with the forecast predicting further downpours. Times, Sunday Times
We worked hard through droughts and downpours and no longer walked down to the far hayfield to dream.
Tricky conditions also added an element of difficulty with heavy downpours throughout the race. Times, Sunday Times
Though the rain that had followed us from Pasto increased from a drizzle to a downpour, Tim insisted it was an ideal time to botanize. One River
Wallis and Peterson, both Type A joggers, disagreed and donned identical cotton sweatsuits and caps and stepped out into a downpour.
With rivers close to bursting and ground sodden from days of downpours, tonight's fresh deluge comes at a particularly vulnerable time. Times, Sunday Times
Even in thunderstorms and downpours the game continued, sometimes with just a brief break to allow the rain water to drain away.
If it takes five hours in the process, with a resulting stiff do which makes you look like you were caught in a downpour, so what?
When it rains the downpour is of biblical proportions. Times, Sunday Times
We've been having some turbulent weather - torrential downpours and thunderstorms.
A light sprinkle on Thursday lead to an evening downpour just days before the race.
Later in the afternoon, when they were home, it began to rain, one of the blistering, penitential downpours of early summer. LOOKING FOR THE SPARK
To escape the downpour, they played ten pin bowls at the local alley, after which the rain cleared for a bushwalk on the last day.
Heavy downpours during recent months caused impounded water to rise faster than the spillways could cope and they collapsed Sept.12, forcing 1,000 families to flee the area.
The western regions of the vast central African nation have been deluged by heavy downpours as the rainy season gets into full swing.
Unless they are speedily replaced, the road is liable to be interrupted in the first heavy downpours of the rainy season.
Days of torrential downpours left thousands of homes and businesses in Queensland flooded. Times, Sunday Times
Weather patterns are changing and we have more downpours today; if your soil is heavy, the water does not drain away.
The 50-odd travelling support looked a disconsolate bunch as they trudged towards the covered away terracing for shelter from an unexpected torrential downpour.
Thunder, lightning and a torrential downpour provided an unreal prelude in the futuristic San Nicola stadium.
His concern is with songololos, especially after a downpour.
But with the hot weather comes an increased risk of a thundery downpour. Weatherwatch: Bets on rain or shine for bank holiday
The pitter-patter of the monsoon might be a long wait ahead, but with a number of brightly painted umbrellas crowding its walls, this is a downpour of a different kind.
A downpour of rain put out the children's bonfire.
But at the opening ceremony they were caught out by a sudden downpour. Great Sporting Failures
During heavy monsoon downpours, the bunds naturally breached causing silt formation in tanks.
Record numbers of people turned out to enjoy children's games, stalls, raffles and tombolas at the third annual Bishopthorpe Village Gala on Saturday - despite afternoon downpours.
People attending fireworks displays yesterday faced downpours and gales, but worse weather is on the way. Times, Sunday Times
The day began with a Biblical downpour, and concludes with the same; in between, a blaring sun and soupy air.
The lowering clouds, the sudden downpours, the richly evocative hiss of tarpaulin across closely trimmed lawn? Times, Sunday Times
Heavy downpours and thunderstorms are expected to push further north by Friday. Times, Sunday Times
Rainwater came through the roof and poured down the walls at the height of the downpour.
It will feel decidedly chilly with strong winds and downpours. Times, Sunday Times
There was a downpour so we went to his apartment to dry off.
Brisbane has gone from heatwave to torrential downpour and back to heatwave.
Confusion Reigns When Bleacherites Flee to Reserved Section During Downpour.
The trees around her all dripped with rainwater after the sudden downpour that took place only fifteen minutes ago.
If there has been a torrential downpour upriver, it will have an affect on water levels.
This week council contractors were due to start work to unblock the pipe so surface water can run down to the river without businesses in the industrial estate getting flooded during heavy downpours.
BRITAIN will be battered by downpours and strong winds this weekend. The Sun
The adorable youngsters look fur from unimpressed as she shakes off rain following a downpour. The Sun
The downpour's heaviness gentles the wind.
On past experience this heatwave will end with a torrential downpour or a major thunderstorm, or both.
Bands of showery rain will spread north with heavy downpours following across the south. Times, Sunday Times
The liquid coursed down the fabric in rivulets and emptied into a semicircular metal basin below, producing the murmurous sound of a steady downpour.
The game was delayed by more than an hour after a torrential downpour made the pitch virtually unplayable. Times, Sunday Times
Unlike motor racing, track and field athletics is not as its best in a downpour. Times, Sunday Times
The mudslides were set off on Christmas Day after a downpour fell on hillsides that had been stripped of vegetation by wildfires in October and November.
So torrential was the downpour, that the fourth round, which had already started - it was 36 holes a day - was abandoned.
I'd never admit it, but I knew that the desert hid old riverbeds that could quickly flood in such a downpour, so it was quite stupid that I was intending to go there.
This was a result of a downpour of torrential rain which lasted approximately an hour and a half.
And he insisted the course was unplayable as huge puddles formed after a heavy downpour. The Sun
When it rains the downpour is of biblical proportions. Times, Sunday Times
Anywhere could see torrential downpours and very heavy rain in a very short period. The Sun
BRITAIN'S mini heatwave ends tonight with a downpour of'blood rain '. The Sun
It was raining heavily but downpours are a routine feature of life in Cumbria. Times, Sunday Times
This was a result of a downpour of torrential rain which lasted approximately an hour and a half.
For three days the heavens descended in a downpour that made the river a roaring torrent and isled the two log houses on their hillocks. The Emigrant Trail
The days of being soaked as you struggle to get the roof up in a sudden downpour are all but gone. The Sun
On one occasion in early September, I witnessed drooping of the leaves when a sudden summer shower with gusty winds and a brief, but heavy downpour occurred.
The early downpour had just about stopped by the scheduled starting time but there was very little wind to assist the drying out process.
They can also take shelter here if there is a sudden downpour.
The weather had been particularly awful that summer, inclement to the extreme, and yet, every day we had been determined to brave the driving sandstorms, torrential downpours and icy surf.
Disappointment was the order of the day on Saturday last, as the planned Teddy Bears Picnic has to be called off due to a downpour on Friday night, which left the park in a dangerous and sodden condition.
A series of unseasonal downpours has resulted in 200 mm of rain falling on miserable Madrid in the last three months, compared with only 137 mm at Old Trafford.
Another week of torrential downpours has been predicted with the London Games just ten days away. The Sun
The game was delayed by more than an hour after a torrential downpour made the pitch virtually unplayable. Times, Sunday Times
BANDUNG: A heavy downpour of sleet accompanied by strong winds hit Bandung on Monday afternoon, felling several trees and causing damage to a car. The Jakarta Post Breaking News
The sprinkle had become a downpour by the time Miko reached the forest, as he was not fast enough to escape it.
MECCA, Nov 25 (AFP) - A day-long downpour fouled the start of the annual hajj on Wednesday, soaking thousands of people as they walked from Mecca to Mina, snarling traffic and stranding buses for hours. My Sinchew -
Well, try playing football in a tropical downpour. Times, Sunday Times
A squad of armed policemen ferried the villagers of Yao ethnic group afflicted by the heavy downpour in China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Saturday. China's Floods Leave Millions Homeless
But, as conditions deteriorated, a drizzle giving way to a steady downpour, so did the standard of play with a succession of knock-ons gifting both sides possession.
The visitors led 3-2 when a downpour forced a stoppage in the match. Times, Sunday Times
And he insisted the course was unplayable as huge puddles formed after a heavy downpour. The Sun
The rain descended harder than ever, and he took refuge in the arched doorway of the village church, his boots already bemired, his great coat reeking with the downpour.
The start of the second half was greeted by a downpour of hailstones, and spectators ran for cover, leaving the players to battle it out on the pitch.
Some supercells produce little rain, others, downpours that can cause flash floods.
A monsoonal low brought torrential downpours to northern Australia last week. Weatherwatch: Storms ravage north America and Australia
It is the super-cells within the tropical cyclones, such as hurricanes or typhoons that produce very heavy downpours as these storms start to move inland.
The scorching summer heat, heavy downpours, or chilly winters cannot dampen their spirits.
The last time there was wind from this direction it brought with it a torrential horizontal downpour of rain, but no hope or fear of that this time. The effect is more subtle.
Xiaolangdi, a major reservoir along the notoriously flood-prone river, opened its sluice gate to release extra water from downpours during the past week, the report said.
Just as I was wiping up the last of the egg from my plate there was a general kerfuffle, with people rushing into the supermarket for shelter from a torrential downpour.
An overnight downpour had turned the streets into canals, and the normally immaculate white car emerged from the village streaked with brown mud.
Dark, direful clouds floated overhead, threatening to release a downpour of rain at any moment, so the park was void of visitors.
Today looks chilly and showery with some heavy, thundery downpours. Times, Sunday Times
Experts have warned of the high risk of a cholera epidemic and further monsoon downpours are forecast. Times, Sunday Times
Forecasters have promised more torrential downpours today and tomorrow. The Sun
Otherwise, you'll contend with nasty headwinds and Lycra-soaking downpours.
The unprecedented downpour deluged the nearby Spiceball Park Leisure centre.The building was evacuated, as flood water filled the basement.
It is caused, they maintain, by sewers unable to cope with torrential downpours. Times, Sunday Times
The downpours and chilly north winds of August have given way to calmer early autumn conditions of sunny days with misty, cold nights and ground frost. Times, Sunday Times
As the wind picked up, the tent poles began to creak and the drizzle degenerated into a downpour, the young Englishman scuttled off into the clubhouse hoping that doom-laden forecasts would work in his favour.
The ruling was made after heavy overnight rain had made the course extremely wet, with the forecast predicting further downpours. Times, Sunday Times
The downpour continued all night, but nary a drop violated my palm thatch.
More little sprigs began sprinkling down on us from above, and then the sprinkle became a downpour.
The atmosphere is one of bonhomie and hundreds of onlookers, unmindful of the heavy downpour, savour every moment of this unique ritual.
Another week of torrential downpours has been predicted with the London Games just ten days away. The Sun
There was always the threat of an end-of-summer downpour from the steely-grey clouds above, but none came.
The thousand insects of rain have worked all night; the trees have blossomed in raindrops, the downpour sounds like a distant whip.
Many of the rivers in the area are also suffering from low water, and a good downpour would do wonders for runs of fish, as well as anglers' spirits!
The opening quarter had been spoiled by a torrential downpour but as the clouds lifted, the action heated up.
Although it was not raining when the tree fell and winds were extremely light, it is thought the heavy downpours of the previous few days may have led to the collapse.
Such activity frequently leads to heavy downpours and incidence of hail.
Rain came on in the afternoon and in the evening the downpour increased.
The clouds broke after the heavy downpour
The game was delayed by more than an hour after a torrential downpour made the pitch virtually unplayable. Times, Sunday Times
In it, the wind howls fiercely, driving rain like stinging knifes in a torrential downpour, so heavy that he can't see more than two feet in front of his face.
The pair got stuck into saucy antics after sheltering in the kiosk from a sudden downpour. The Sun
The following morning, I was rudely awakened by the loud downpour of rain bashing against the sides of our flimsy tent.
The lowering clouds, the sudden downpours, the richly evocative hiss of tarpaulin across closely trimmed lawn? Times, Sunday Times
In the end the match was played amid a torrential downpour, plus thunder and lightning.
And he insisted the course was unplayable as huge puddles formed after a heavy downpour. The Sun
Yet, despite its leather origins, the Nubuck is waterproof for those arduous fall walks in the falling rain - or for chasing down your retriever in a downpour.
There were heavy downpours even before Scotland's biggest rock and pop festival kicked off and the rain threatened to upstage the performers.
The ruling was made after heavy overnight rain had made the course extremely wet, with the forecast predicting further downpours. Times, Sunday Times
At least five homes in Moresby Close, Westlea, were swamped by up to six inches of foul water when a brook flooded and sewers burst during a recent downpour.
This will pack hefty downpours of rain and winds over the weekend. Times, Sunday Times
A downpour of rain and hail was accompanied by a tremendous downburst of wind. Times, Sunday Times
It began as a light sprinkle at first but within five minutes it was a full-blown downpour.
Despite the intermittent downpours, the punters stumped up in healthy numbers.
Two fire crews from Bury attended the crash which happened in a torrential downpour.
The flooding occurred after a heavy downpour at 5.30 pm last Thursday caused water to run off a tennis court at the back of the school and into the building leaving classrooms and staffrooms under several inches of water.
The downpour cooled off the searing heat but failed to ease the city's looming water shortage.
Up to 50,000 fans partied in the capital before kick-off despite torrential downpours. The Sun
If you get a heavy downpour of rain that almost instantly turns to ice it is very difficult for grit to be effective. The Sun
Even as the thunder rolled off the cliff faces in deafening, cannonading peals, a cuttingly cold wind turned the downpour to stinging, slanting, mist-laden torrents, making it difficult to see.
They were hit by the sort of downpour that would not have looked out of place in a tropical rain forest. The Sun
Ranges near Nelson could see about six hours of heavy rain from the late afternoon and the downpour may reach Mount Taranaki by evening. Stuff.co.nz - Stuff
The young died because they did not have enough feathers to protect them from the heavy downpours. Times, Sunday Times
We were having a picnic, when suddenly there came a downpour wasa fly in the ointment.
The smooth shining laurels in the shrubbery were the only things in nature that seemed no worse for the perpetual downpour. Vixen, Volume I.
Arable farmers who feared their crops would be washed away by continual downpours this time last year are now praying for rain.
Elsewhere in the Kingdom they've been having major thunderstorms and torrential downpours so I'm not going to complain when all we've had is a long case of the metereological sulks.
Rather than a sudden, drenching cloudburst, last Friday's rain was a slow and steady downpour.
Blame for the crash has been placed on hot summer weather followed by tropical downpours that left the road too slippery.
The assumption is that a strong convergence zone appeared in the skies above central Namibia which was the cause of the downpours of the last two weeks.
Thousands were forced to flee as a second day of torrential downpours saw more rivers bursting their banks. The Sun
Monday dawned with thunderstorms and a downpour of tropical intensity, but by midday the sun was out again.
For Kysa and Derwin Daniels of Conyers, Georgia, the downpour came last Thanksgiving when Kysa, 35, lost her job as an overnight anchorperson at CNN Headline News in Atlanta.
The downpour wipes away the layer of dust plastered on everything by the dry harmattan winds that blown down from the parched Sahel during the peak of the dry season. Seasons and Chickens « Cameroon
Sadly I had neglected to properly shut the skylight, the gales had forced it wide open, and the torrential downpour had torrentially downpoured into my room for 4 hours.
In the rainy season, daily downpours turn the potholes into puddles as big as ponds. Times, Sunday Times
Further downpours and high winds are due today and tomorrow. The Sun
Flood levels in Ryedale were going down but yesterday's downpour could make it worse, experts claimed.
I like to fish in brackish waters mainly I live on the east coast of florida where the downpours have been coming down for 4 day | Field & Stream I like to fish in brackish waters mainly I live on the east coast of florida where the downpours have been coming down for 4 day
Water levels began to fall by yesterday morning, however, as the heavy downpour gradually eased.
THE torrential downpours this winter have made driving incredibly difficult, if not downright dangerous. The Sun
However, he had thrown his old campaigning sagum over his finery — a thick, greasy, malodorous cape which could keep out the perishing winds of the alpine passes or the soaking days-long downpours of Epirus. The First Man in Rome
We worked hard through droughts and downpours and no longer walked down to the far hayfield to dream.
We've moved into a period of April showers, alternating between bright sunshine and sharp, sudden downpours as the wind sweeps from the West over the wolds and down across the fens towards the sea.
Lucky you if you managed to escape Blighty and the weekend's torrential downpours. Times, Sunday Times
Meanwhile, a huddle of hacks tried to write down his thoughts in the downpour.
Pretty soon, the light drizzle became a fierce downpour.
Shower heads the size of frying pans give a downpour of tropical intensity. Times, Sunday Times
He walked down the street just as the slight drizzle turned into a moderate downpour.
The liquid coursed down the fabric in rivulets and emptied into a semicircular metal basin below, producing the murmurous sound of a steady downpour.
One of the major reasons for the, often, very heavy showers and downpours that characterise April is the position of the jet stream.
The latest downpours that fell during the weekend destroyed a house and damaged 150 others, the State Agency for Civil Security announced yesterday.
While we were dining in the hotel's restaurant the usual evening thunderstorm broke, along with a blinding downpour.
Make sure all your window wells and stairwells have raised lips around their edges to prevent water in the yard from flowing into the well during a downpour.
A single downpour can rapidly transform a lifeless, shallow depression in the desert into a pool throbbing with life.
But it wasn't long before headlights cut through the downpour from behind her, reflecting off her yellow slicker and illuminating the drenched roadside heath.
The heavy downpours, which began around 4 am yesterday, were accompanied by gusty winds, thunder and lightning.
He stood at the gates in sun and downpours of rain but never pressured anyone for a shilling.
Forecasters have promised more torrential downpours today and tomorrow. The Sun
In the North, unseasonal downpours hit Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, while flooding in Dorset and Cornwall led to road closures.
Although I was lying faceup in the road and the rain was sweeping over me in a downpour, I no longer felt the slightest chill. Family Storms
The twister or funnel cloud was spotted at around 4pm yesterday as a torrential downpour rained on the town.
The gleaming turf in the morning sunshine had cloaked the effects of the overnight downpour. Times, Sunday Times
It had rained briefly that evening, a hard downpour that meant the rattlers would be out, having been flushed from their holes.
Thousands of drenched and mud-covered concert goers who had camped out at Fairyhouse slowly made their way back home yesterday after braving heavy downpours over the weekend.
Staff frantically tried to bail water out with buckets flowing the downpour yesterday afternoon.
In the rainy season, daily downpours turn the potholes into puddles as big as ponds. Times, Sunday Times
After a terrific downpour, the storm is over as quickly as it began, and we return to paddling along the lake, although now a chilly wind has sprung up, which if nothing else succeeds in getting me to paddle a bit more earnestly.

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