Sentence examples for approached the rain from inspiring English sources

As summer approached, the rain kept coming.

The black Lincoln Town Car slowed as it approached the rain-soaked curb.

A light rain was falling when I approached the house.

She told AP that the women and children were told to evacuate the ship first but that the ships could not approach the ferry because of the rain and the wind.

Some of Mao's allusively poetic dialogue, in particular, is beyond parody: "At the approach of the rain and the wind the swallows are busy".

They form far out over the Indian Ocean, especially from December to March, and approach the eastern coast, bringing torrential rains and destructive floods.

"With the annual rains fast approaching, the clock is ticking louder and louder towards a humanitarian disaster for children in South Sudan," said Dr Yasmin Haque, UNICEF's Deputy Director of Emergency Programmes who has just returned from South Sudan.

Tower Bridge raised as the royal barge approached, with heavy rain returning to the London skies as it moored to allow the Queen to watch the rest of the flotilla pass.

The robbers struck as Tropical Storm Irene approached, her rain already whipping.

The band of rain is due to approach the Severn basin by dawn on Tuesday and the Thames areas around the time of the morning rush hour.

Heavy rain is forecast for the race on Sunday as typhoon Phanfone approaches the Japanese mainland.