Sentence examples for downpour halted from inspiring English sources
■ A downpour halted second-round play of the Senior Players Championship in Pittsburgh until Saturday.
Less than 10 overs were bowled before a downpour halted play with Derbyshire 36 for the loss of openers Chesney Hughes and Wes Durston.
Arun Harinath, who had to leave the field with a shoulder injury on day one, soon followed before a torrential downpour halted play after lunch.
However, just seven overs were possible before a spectactular thunderstorm, and the inevitable downpour which followed, halted play for nearly three hours.
A downpour forced play to be halted for about 20 minutes, and when play resumed, puddles were wiped off the green and Harrington had no idea how fast his 15-foot putt would be.
After the rain stopped late in the morning, the skies cleared for much of the afternoon, but just before 5 p.m., a downpour saturated the course and halted play for good.
The match was halted in a near downpour, and, when play resumed in drier, warmer conditions, Nadal ran out the fourth set for his seventh Roland Garros title.
Scunthorpe eventually beat Gillingham 2-1 after play was halted for 27 minutes due to a torrential downpour.
Some songs are empty and blustering; others soul-by-numbers efforts in which the singer meekly plays along, illustrating Please Don't Stop the Rain by putting his hands up as if to halt a downpour.
Pitching in a downpour, Pat Misch gave the Mets five solid innings, allowing five hits and one run, before the umpires halted the game.
