rainier; rainiest
: marked by, abounding with, or bringing rain
rainy weather
Examples of rainy in a Sentence
found that the stretch of cold, rainy weather made his joints swell and ache
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That said, those in the know, are well aware that the cool, notoriously rainy city shines in the summer.
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Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 13 May 2024
On a rainy Saturday morning in early March, a group of 60 women huddled outside Blue Ribbon Sports in Santa Monica in preparation for the Los Angeles Marathon.
—Kamren Curiel, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2024
In Mediterranean climates like that of Southern California, where cool rainy winters are interspersed with warm dry summers, lavender is a perfect choice for the sunny flower and herb bed.
—Lee Somerville, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 May 2024
The mountain ranges offer bountiful expanses of what the trogons need, MacFarland said: oak and sycamore tree cavities for nests, and a smorgasbord of insect life that erupts from both winter and summer rainy seasons.
—Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 20 May 2024
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Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 13 May 2024
On a rainy Saturday morning in early March, a group of 60 women huddled outside Blue Ribbon Sports in Santa Monica in preparation for the Los Angeles Marathon.
—Kamren Curiel, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2024
In Mediterranean climates like that of Southern California, where cool rainy winters are interspersed with warm dry summers, lavender is a perfect choice for the sunny flower and herb bed.
—Lee Somerville, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 May 2024
The mountain ranges offer bountiful expanses of what the trogons need, MacFarland said: oak and sycamore tree cavities for nests, and a smorgasbord of insect life that erupts from both winter and summer rainy seasons.
—Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 20 May 2024
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“Rainy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rainy. Accessed 6 Jun. 2024.
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Rainy
geographical name
river 80 miles (129 kilometers) long on the Canada–U.S. boundary between Ontario and Minnesota flowing from Rainy Lake into Lake of the Woods
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