11.   The monsoon rain comes down in sheets.

12.   The rain came down in torrents.

13.   The rain had come in through the bottom of our tent and completely soaked our clothes.

14.   The rains came first, then the storms.

15.   The rains came this weekend, much to the relief of tomato growers in Florida.

16.   The thunder crashed, the lightning flared, and the rain came down in torrents.

17.   Their feet were splashing now through deep puddles, and still the rain came down.

18.   There was no shelter anywhere and the rain was coming down in torrents.

19.   When the rains came, they huddled under umbrellas and makeshift tents and donned ponchos or raincoats fashioned from plastic garbage bags.

20.   The rain suddenly came on so hard that we stopped and sheltered in a doorway.