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Meanings of raining in English

Raining.

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Usage of raining in English
1
Twenty-three years ago the Americans were raining bombs down on this city.
Full Circle
2
I'm not sure it;s actually raining right now, juts a bit dark.
The Guardian
3
It had been raining the night he met Esther twenty-three years ago.
Rain gods
4
Dangerous living conditions When GroundUp visited Ntunje on Tuesday, it was raining.
The South African
5
If it does not stop raining soon, it will come even higher.
The White Queen
6
It was still raining over the peninsula, of course, but not constantly.
The Naked God
7
That's the way it works here: If it's raining, people are drinking.
Wired
8
It's been raining to end the world for the past few days.
The nightmarys
9
Next morning, to no one's particular surprise, it was once again raining.
The mammoth book of the best of best new sf
10
A terrible bombardment shook the earth, the shells raining upon the ditches.
When the World Shook / Being an Account of the Great Adventure o...
11
When it is raining heavily sometimes the water comes inside the tent.
The Guardian
12
All the while the Russian shrapnel was raining over the German trenches.
America's War for Humanity
13
It was raining, and he set off towards the centre of town.
Depths
14
Again without any warning the bullets came raining in from all sides.
Beasts, Men and Gods
15
People in the streets are carrying umbrellas, hence it must be raining.
Higher Lessons in English: A work on English grammar and composi...
16
It was raining like this, I thought, when we lost our house.
The Asylum
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United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common
Ireland
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