Sentence examples for downpour started from inspiring English sources

But Middlesex were denied the chance to chase a very achievable target when a downpour started between innings.

The streetlights and the signs on Hollywood Boulevard shimmered a little as another downpour started pelting the windows with water.

Cars stalled as rain-drenched drivers tried to push vehicles through streets that flooded within minutes of the downpour starting.

When a heavy downpour suddenly started, many listeners held their ground.

The game was played despite a downpour that started before dawn and ended about an hour after the scheduled start.

As Sherwood was pulled out of the water a downpour reportedly started, drenching the onlookers.

The downpours which started on Thursday triggered landslides and flash floods.

In Dodge City, we parked outside a motel to spent the night, just as a torrential downpour of rain started to beat the hell out of the streets.

We then raced to the Banks, hoping to get to the Lower East Side park before it started to downpour and found ourselves facing several feet of chain-link fences guarding what would be the city's next public park (thanks to Steve).

Flooding also hit the southern lowlands of Scotland and downpours on the Pennines started a slow but ominous rise in river levels in Yorkshire, Lancashire and the north east.

In Dodge City, we park up outside a motel to spend the night, just as a torrential downpour of rain starts to beat the hell out of the streets.