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Meanings of golden rain in English

An ornamental shrub or tree of the genus Laburnum; often cultivated for Easter decorations.

        Usage of golden rain in English
        1
        Gold doth his breath exhale, and golden rain: so doth his heart desire.
        Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None
        2
        A bright golden rain of sparks swirled high into the sky.
        The Reality Dysfunction
        3
        Daddy, she said, why does the golden rain never fall here?
        The Substance of a Dream
        4
        The golden rain in which Jupiter wooed Danaë was another sort of hymeneal fireworks.
        Without Prejudice
        5
        This beauty settled on everything in golden rain, it settled on himself as well.
        The Extra Day
        6
        No wonder the Germans call it Goldregen or golden rain.
        The Irish Times
        7
        He rose to his feet, the sand showering from him in a golden rain.
        The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke
        8
        Recently, however, the soapberry bug has started feeding on seeds of the round-podded golden rain tree.
        Dr Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation
        9
        You refer even to the disguised bull of poor Europa and to the golden rain of Danae.
        Louisa of Prussia and Her Times: A Historical Novel
        10
        The lazy girl was willing enough to go, and thought that now the golden rain would come.
        Household Tales by Brothers Grimm
        11
        She thought of the wheel trees: the flowers that opened upward would be drinking in this golden rain.
        The amber spyglass
        12
        He saw Venuses lying under shady myrtles and the Danae exposing their charming sides to the golden rain.
        Penguin Island
        13
        A cloud has drifted over the city and the early evening sunlight tumbles through it like golden rain.
        Roma eterna
        14
        I was out of bed at one bound, scattering the trinkets in a golden rain and rushing for him.
        The Helmet of Navarre
        15
        Then the skylark, showering golden rain, swept down to earth and its nest in the meadow, and they walked on.
        The Shuttle
        16
        Nana! The cry rose heavenward in the glorious sunlight, whose golden rain beat fiercely on the dizzy heads of the multitude.
        Four Short Stories By Emile Zola
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        Golden rain across language varieties
        United Kingdom
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