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Example sentences for "raindrops"

Lexicographically close words:
rainbowed; rainbows; raincoat; raincoats; raindrop; raine; rained; raineth; rainfall; rainfalls
  1. Oh, so early, as the raindrops pitter-pattered on the roof of the little rabbit's house in the Old Brier Patch.

  2. The raindrops as they slide from leaf to leaf in June, the balmy shower that reperfumes each wild flower and green thing, drops lit with the sun, and falling to the chorus of the refreshed birds; is not this beautiful to see?

  3. The fury of the storm is unchecked, and nothing can keep out the raindrops which come with the velocity of shot.

  4. His clothes were shiny from the wet; raindrops hung from his beard.

  5. There was a splash of spray or raindrops against the window and through the crack in the door.

  6. The rattling of the raindrops would help to woo us to sleep, and if the wind blew the Wanderer would rock.

  7. The incessant rattling of the raindrops on the roof was a sound not calculated to raise one's spirits.

  8. A few, bright raindrops splashed and splattered, and the thunder growled far away in the north.

  9. And the great room was so very quiet, that Helen, in her pause upon the threshold, had remarked the sound of raindrops tapping upon the many window-panes as with impatiently nervous fingers.

  10. Two little raindrops were born in a shower, And one was so pompously proud of his power, He got in his head an extravagant notion He'd hustle right off and swallow the ocean.

  11. Hundreds of samples of raindrops were thus measured by Mr. W.

  12. Frozen or partly frozen rain; frozen raindrops in the form of particles of clear ice.

  13. The maximum size of raindrops is limited by the fact that very large drops are broken up in their fall through the air.

  14. Bentley, whose study of raindrops we have just mentioned, has made and published photomicrographs of hundreds of different forms of snow and ice crystals, and several collections have been published in Europe.

  15. If such rain occurs, it may come from clouds that have passed beyond the horizon before the raindrops reach the earth.

  16. As Phillips turned away big raindrops began to drum upon the near- by tent roofs, the spruce-tops overhead bent low, limbs threshed as the gusty night wind beat upon them.

  17. It was a roaring night; his tent was bellied in by the force of the wind, and the raindrops beat upon it with the force of buckshot.

  18. But they dislike entering damp places where the vegetation is tall and their fur may get matted and soaked by the raindrops collected on the herbage.

  19. The sky was overcast; a wayward breeze blew coolly in upon him and refreshed him; a few single raindrops fell.

  20. And then far away the lightning flashed, flashed like a sword that is drawn suddenly, and the distant thunder marched about the sky, and even as they stood astonished, pattering upon them came the first headlong raindrops of the storm.

  21. They held their breath, so that almost the only sounds were the patter of the rain and the hiss of the raindrops in the ashes.

  22. Voices were borne over to them at that instant on the wind and raindrops from the other side of the wall.

  23. The radiant tropic morning has dawned, the sun has kissed the raindrops from the faces of the flowers, but on the sweet gentle face of Kawelu the raindrops of her heart still fall unceasingly!

  24. The glass had been let down and the two friends beheld a continuously blurred prospect of London framed in racing raindrops and intersected by the wooden framework of the movable shutter.

  25. The wet flowers on the waiting hats, the cold raindrops on the painted faces, the damp boots trudging to find sin, the dark clouds pouring a benediction on it.

  26. The reality was the marsh, with its fog and its pricking raindrops and its sentinel cedars, its silence and its wings.

  27. The sky had become overcast and a spattering of raindrops smote her in the face.

  28. The party was not more than fairly started on the way again when the raindrops began pattering on the leather top of the car.

  29. When raindrops are carried up into colder, higher air while they are forming, they freeze and turn to hail.

  30. In thunderstorms the strong currents of rising air blow some of the forming raindrops in the clouds into bits of spray.

  31. Other raindrops join on the ground to form rivulets that trickle along until they meet and join other rivulets; and all go on together as a brook.

  32. Welcome the tinkle of thy crystal beads As plashing raindrops to the flowery meads, As summer's breath to Avon's whispering reeds!

  33. By some queer, reflex twist of memory, her hands brushed imaginary raindrops from her face and strayed uncertainly to where the wet had lain on her hair.

  34. The raindrops lay like tears upon her face.

  35. The early morning sun chases away the raindrops of the night before.

  36. But when men destroy the carpet and take no care of the soil underneath, the raindrops are able to do as much damage as they do during the cloudbursts in the deserts.

  37. The raindrops that reach the land have many sorts of stories to tell before they again get back to the ocean.

  38. The water carries with it a little carbonic acid which the raindrops took from the air.

  39. She needs them in her work of protecting the soil on the steep slopes and of holding back the raindrops that they may keep the springs alive.

  40. The raindrops that fall where the slopes are steep, where Nature has grown little vegetation, or where men have destroyed the earth cover, have little to detain them and are soon on their way back to their home.

  41. The raindrops now were falling more gently, and in finer lines and more transparent network, so that one could once more descry the great trunks of the blackened oaks, with the green and gold of their leaves.

  42. A silence ensues, save that the young fellow goes on snorting and fidgeting, and the raindrops continue to fall with the same reluctance, the same indolence, as ever.

  43. Outside was Roger, in his old tweed coat, raindrops standing out on its hairy surface.

  44. A thin rain fell, but the sky showed signs of breaking, and the raindrops sparkled on the thick green foliage of the trees and added beauty to the feathery sprays of mimosa wherever it raised its yellow plumage.


  45. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "raindrops" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.