186 adjectives to describe raining

"The land," writes Herodotus, who saw it in its prime, "has a little rain, and this nourishes the corn at the root; but the crops are matured and brought to harvest by water from the rivernot, as in Egypt, by the river flooding over the fields, but by human labour and shadufs For Babylonia, like Egypt, is one network of canals, the largest of which is navigable.

The clouds o'erspread the sky in masses dense, And gentle rain down to the earth dispense.

When "tea" had been experienced that evening, it was found that a light rain was falling and the Deacons and their guests, the Plows, were constrained to remain in the parlour.

But at that very time there happened to fall such heavy rains, so incessant and continued, as exceeded any known in the memory of man; and the Severn, with the other rivers in that neighborhood, swelled to a height which rendered them impassable and prevented Buckingham from marching into the heart of England to join his associates.

"Many heartrending scenes were witnessed along the route, as the torrential rain and the vast zone of mud increased the misery of the moving multitude.

And the soft rain falls through the autumn day, Then, Light of my soul, canst thou not hear The voice of the West Wind, soft and clear? "Come," he whispers, and "Come," again, Leave the dull skies and the steady rain, Leave thou the lowlands and chill gray sea, Heart of my own heart, and come with me.

Even when the attenuated thread was broken, and the golden rain descended in slow, infrequent drops, Kaviak stood waiting, always for just one drop more.

We ran along the shores of Lake Bourget and up the beautiful valley of the Arc in misty rain.

From thence they proceeded to a province called Cumaco, where they were detained two months on account of constant rain; and beyond this, they came to the cinnamon trees, which are of great size, with leaves resembling those of the bay tree.

During that time there was a continuous rain of shells, and it was extraordinary to notice the precision with which they dropped where they would do the most damage.

My patience was by this time nearly exhausted, for the continual rain was very depressing, and detracted much from the pleasure of being in such a grand game country.

Their clothes were drenched by the frequent heavy rain, which so completely saturated the ground and the dead branches that lay strewed upon it, as often to preclude all possibility of lighting a fire.

*** As a result of the excessive rain a nigger troupe at Margate were seen to pale visibly.

It seems, also, as if the earthquake or hurricane had been actually a benefit to Jerusalem which was often then, and has been often since, in want of waterthat either fresh springs had broken out, or abundant rain had fallen, as occurs at times in such convulsions of nature.

This water is supplied by the annual rain or snow fall; but in the West chiefly by snow.

Refreshing rains then fall freely, birds are busy building their nests, and the sunshine is balmy and delightful.

"Soon it will rain," said Tayoga, "and it will be a bitter cold rain.

For a time they flattered themselves with hopes that the late conflagration of the camp would discourage the besiegers; that, as in former years, their invasion would end with the summer, and that they would again withdraw before the autumnal rains.

Nearly all of them are swashed and drifted by wind and tide back and forth in the fiords until finally melted by the ocean water, the sunshine, the warm winds, and the copious rains of summer.

The railway is the only capital enterprise that Northern Mesopotamia requires, for there is rain sufficient for the crops without artificial irrigation.

It is the southern and lowest part of the great river system beyond, in which large tracts of country are inundated annually by tropical rains.

Neither can we allow the other argument to be true, on which you found your merit; "that you take them from their country for their own convenience; because Africa, scorched with incessant heat, and subject to the most violent rains and tempests, is unwholesome, and unfit to be inhabited."

That pattering rain drops on your brain.

"Grief and Passion are like floods raised in little brooks, by a sudden rain.

A thin, cold rain was falling, swishing among the tall poplar trees and rustling in the fields on either side.

186 adjectives to describe  raining