It's pouring down

Grammar usage guide and real-world examples

It's pouring down now.

It's pouring down from the loft, litres of it.

"It's pouring down with rain here in Richmond VA," says Erica Farrell.

It's pouring down, convention-goers are rushing to get into town before the storm starts to affect flights, and the convention's organisers have already cancelled the first day of events.

It's pouring down as kick-off approaches.

Photograph: Leon Neal/AFP/Getty Images Suddenly... it's pouring down again.

"There was no covering over their stadium and it was pouring down with rain on us.

The parade was brilliant – the fact you all came out when it was pouring down with rain".

It was pouring down last Wednesday morning and most of those who arrived at Porthcawl took one look at the glowering skies and foaming sea and went back home.

The weather had been pretty nice – it often is in Scotland, though cooler than the south – but it was pouring down when I spotted a grizzled man in his 50s striding through the rain in shorts.

It was pouring down in the playground, so I waited outside with my umbrella and all the other parents and their umbrellas, and after they opened the doors the teacher told me how much my daughter had loved her day.