Sentence examples for rain beating down from inspiring English sources

I am awakened by the torrential rain beating down on the roof.

With piercing rain beating down on them, Kambei, the leader of the samurai, solemnly says: "This is the final battle".

As I type this article, with the rain beating down outside and deadlines clamouring all around me, a seaside holiday seems like a fine plan.

As it turned out it hardly mattered whether the live segments were live at all, in so far as they were entirely free of live incident – Richard in his tent in the Kenyan night, hyperactively doing nothing with torrents of rain beating down outside; Julia in sunny woods 8,000 miles away; the pair of them inter-joshing awkwardly via the magic delay of satellite.

This year the ceremony was accompanied by strong winds and bursts of heavy rain beating down on the tent.

On a recent Friday, with rain beating down against the chalk-white canvas, two preachers led half-dozen people in prayer.

The sun and rain beat down on them.

The rain beat down last week on a modest South Shore shopping center waiting to receive an underdog candidate for governor.

Throughout the three-hour labour, rain beat down on the tent and fierce winds tugged at the canvas.

As the rain beats down on Providence at dusk, its mayor stands at the threshold of his private entrance to City Hall and repeatedly mimics someone popping an umbrella.

Rain beats down, pouring off the folds of the ugly gang's sodden clothing, and the atmosphere feels even more lurid and unsettling than what has come before.