Which preposition to use with rain

of Occurrences 246%

He may be placed under a rain of ethical and philosophic ideas, and may be forced to put on a System of Thought, as men put on a mackintosh.

in Occurrences 184%

Then came the rain in a hearty flood, covering the ground and making it shine with a continuous sheet of water that, like a transparent film or skin, fitted closely down over all the rugged anatomy of the landscape.

on Occurrences 113%

The cause of this notable flood was simply a sudden and copious fall of warm wind and rain on the basins of these rivers at a time when they contained a considerable quantity of snow.

from Occurrences 74%

It is a custom of the country when there is a great drought, for the people to collect in crowds, bring out the robe, pay worship to it, and make offerings, on which there is immediately a great rain from the sky.

for Occurrences 46%

It rained for an hour as it can do only among these mountain regions.

at Occurrences 40%

The clouds and the rain at length swept on, and the bow of promise spanned the rear of the retiring storm; a new joy seemed to take possession of the wild things, and gladness and merriment sounded from every direction in the old woods; a thin and shadowy mist hung like a veil over the water, and a refreshing coolness, as well as brightness and glory, were all around us.

to Occurrences 28%

"At 10 that night, without food, we lay down in a pouring rain to sleep.

with Occurrences 26%

The 4th Welsh held the hill during the night in pouring rain with no rationspack mules could not get up the heightand the men having no greatcoats were perished with the cold.

during Occurrences 23%

And if we have rain during the next ten days this section of Bluestem will yield fifty bushels to the acre.

against Occurrences 19%

" The room was so silentthough there were more than twenty people in itthat nothing could be heard but the patter of the rain against the window-shutters, accompanied by the occasional hiss of a stray drop that fell down the chimney into the fire, and the steady puffing of the man in the corner, who had now resumed his pipe of long clay.

before Occurrences 19%

Don't you know the saying, 'Rain before seven, quit before eleven?'

into Occurrences 15%

A certain proportion of the spores and seeds no doubt fulfilled their obvious function, and, carried by the wind to unoccupied regions, extended the limits of the forest; many might be washed away by rain into streams, and be lost; but a large portion must have remained, to accumulate like beech-mast, or acorns, beneath the trees of a modern forest.

without Occurrences 12%

This personage strode on through the rain without a pause, following the little-worn path which, further on in its course, skirted the shepherd's cottage.

like Occurrences 11%

Nature seemed to be dissolving in a cold, ceaseless raina rain like that which announces the approach of winter.

over Occurrences 10%

All the while the Russian shrapnel was raining over the German trenches.

by Occurrences 9%

The subject of bringing down rain by the firing of artillery has again been revived, owing to the long droughts that have lately prevailed.

about Occurrences 8%

All of a sudden, a sheet of flame and cloud of smoke from her side concealed the ship from view, and balls once more rained about the fort.

through Occurrences 7%

So loud was the beating of the rain through all the house that, in Markheim's ears, it began to be distinguished into many different sounds.

as Occurrences 7%

"Now, you know it's just as likely not to rain as to rain.

around Occurrences 6%

Does it ever rain around Millings?

than Occurrences 5%

His parlour was just painted; but half-a-dozen sectarian books and an ill-toned flute amused us for an hour; then we again started, in harder rain than ever, for Newport.

off Occurrences 4%

To keep the rain off any body.

down Occurrences 4%

As she went, the tears fell like rain down her face, and she talked to herself.

after Occurrences 4%

Hence the desire of the shearers for a fall of rain after a long stretch of hot weather.

along Occurrences 3%

But quick feet had already rained along that fifty yards of pavement.

Which preposition to use with  rain