204 Verbs to Use for the Word rain

Suddenly God sent the rain, the fire was extinguished, and the young man was able to pass.

Long ago she had made a hard trip through the jungle in pouring rain to help when he was deathly sick.

We see that they have been "firing cannon in the fields near Paris, to bring on a rain."

THE FOWL-HOUSE.In building a fowl-house, take care that it be, if possible, built against a wall or fence that faces the south, and thus insure its inmates against many cold winds, driving rains, and sleets they will otherwise suffer.

And when we to our homes repair, We'll send to you our richest fare, Such is the love to you we bear! ~A Wife Consoled by Her Husband's Arrival~ Cold is the wind, fast falls the rain, The cock aye shrilly crows.

We sat on one of the benches in the waiting room of the wharf where the Albany boats stop, and watched it rain.

Here the villagers, to get the most out of the soil and to prevent the winter rains washing it off the rocks into the wadi, had built a series of terraces, and the retaining walls, often crumbling to the touch, offered some cover from the Turkish defenders' fire.

While I tried as much as possible to take shelter under the note book I carried, I was surprised to see a number of children, who didn't seem to mind the rain, walking coolly past me as if there were no rain at all!

"Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you and persecute you,that ye may be the children of your Father in heaven, for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.

" When the boys came out at interval, the box was still lying about in the yard, although there were heavy clouds overhead threatening rain.

"Long swoln in drenching rains, seeds, germs, and buds Start at the touch of vivifying beams.

He wore a Norfolk suit of that wonderful Harris tweed which, strange to say, keeps out the rain, the heat, and the cold; and flies were stuck in his cap of the same material.

For he was well aware that her response was impersonal; it was not his but any admiration that she craved as a parched land wants rain.

The day had been quite warm, but now a cool wind had sprung up, and Mr. Wood said that it was blowing up rain.

There followed the rain, so of course I knew it would amount to nothing.

A heavenly trust my spirit calms, My soul is filled with light: The ocean sings his solemn psalms, The wild winds chant: I cross my palms, Happy as if, to-night, Under the cottage-roof, again I heard the soothing summer-rain.

This was the season of building, for the sun shone; and moreover presently would come the bitter unending rain of winter, when it were better to be abiding safely at home.

The roots of this immense tree fill the ground, forming a thick sponge that absorbs and holds back the rains and melting snows, only allowing them to ooze and flow gently.

The drought The woman of Zarephath Shields and feeds Elijah He restores her son to life Miseries of the drought Elijah confronts Ahab Assembly of the people at Mount Carmel Presentation of choice between Jehovah and Baal Elijah mocks the priests of Baal Triumphs, and slays them Elijah promises rain The tempest Ahab seeks Jezebel She threatens Elijah in her wrath Second flight of Elijah

The lad escaped the rain of steel that descended a moment later, but others in the turret were not so fortunate.

In floating along the shore of this beautiful sheet of water, one can hardly help imagining that in the broken rocks and rough stones piled up along the margin of the lake, he sees the rains of an ancient wall, the mortar of which has become disintegrated by time, and the masonry fallen down.

Sir William of Saint Clair is down; We may not leave him here!" But thicker, thicker, grew the swarm, And sharper shot the rain, And the horses reared amid the press, But they would not charge again.

In its prime, the whole tree is thatched with them, so that they shed off rain and snow like a roof, making fine mansions for storm-bound birds and mountaineers.

It rained this morningthe first rain I have seen in this dusty landmaking the roads quite muddy and the air damp and cold.

Men even prophesy rain or heat or cold from natural phenomena, and their predictions often come to pass.

204 Verbs to Use for the Word  rain