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raining - definition and meaning
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verb rain .
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adjective
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Examples
"It's raining ," she said, pointing to the window -- "_raining!
Lady Rose's Daughter Humphry Ward 1885
Any movie with gumballs raining from the sky is alright with me.
First Look: Adam Sandler in Holiday Comedy Bedtime Stories « FirstShowing.net 2008
I think this movie stole their commercial idea about skittles raining from the sky. .well, better that than frogs like in Vanilla Sky
First Look: Adam Sandler in Holiday Comedy Bedtime Stories « FirstShowing.net 2008
The sun was out but you could barely see it through the smoke everywhere, ash raining from the sky.
Dutch Treat 2008
The sun was out but you could barely see it through the smoke everywhere, ash raining from the sky.
Archive 2008-11-01 2008
Favorite Cartoon Ever in a Hustler Magazine The one with a black woman at a wishing well smiling as welfare checks start raining from the sky.
‘PEOPLES’ AWARDS: PRAYING FOR EXTINCTION 2008
Wow, gumballs raining from the sky is pure genius.
First Look: Adam Sandler in Holiday Comedy Bedtime Stories « FirstShowing.net 2008
April 26th, 2008 11: 50 pm ET maybe some one at the Obama camp can explain why with all the negative attacks raining from the clintons they don't respond in kind? why not ask how, with 54% of the american people saying they can't trust her we should believe her promises.
Obama: 'I've been taking some hits' 2008
You know, insects raining from the sky, waters parting with trout wakes ... the moments that ruin you, and transform you into a trout bum forever.
Religious Experience Bug Events Tim Romano 2007
I walked Deirdre and Gavin down to the local, 'cause we didn't want them to get crushed to death on the hairpin blind turns on the road and they didn't know the other way, and wow, 11pm in the summer when it's not raining is a very nice time to walk in Ireland!
weekend! 2006
bilby commented on the word raining
"That night was wonderful. I remember it was crisp, cold, clear, starlit, that's if I remember: if not, it was raining."
- Spike Milligan, 'Mussolini: My Part In His Downfall.'
April 19, 2009