Sentence examples for because of a downpour from inspiring English sources

In addition, a game was suspended last month because of a downpour.

The session, which took place indoors because of a downpour, had two new faces present as rugby's Eddie Jones stood looking on alongside his assistant coach.

In a typically outlandish meeting between the teams (in a series that has had its share of disasters and deaths) on March 21 at Boca's La Bombonera (the Chocolate Box) stadium, the game was suspended in the ninth minute because of a downpour that made the field unplayable.

With the order of play backlogged because of a downpour on Thursday, Venus Williams took the court at 11 a.m. for her third-round singles match and defeated Varvara Lepchenko, 6-2, 4-6, 6-2, in slightly more than two hours.

She left the parade at Brooklyn Avenue because of a heavy downpour that sent many spectators racing to subway stations.

Sorenstam completed her round moments before play was suspended for 1 hour 40 minutes because of a heavy downpour.

The Commission on Elections says Pacquiao is ahead in the count in the southern province of Sarangani, where only about half of 300,000 registered voters cast ballots Monday because of a daylong downpour.

CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Bears' game against the Baltimore Ravens has resumed after being delayed about two hours because of a torrential downpour.

Persistent heavy downpours meant Saturday's game was postponed because of a waterlogged pitch.

As a photographer, I would normally avoid using my camera in the middle of a downpour.

I had arrived in the market town of Abergavenny in the midst of a downpour.