1.   My uncle was a terrible miser - he would walk in lashing rain rather than pay a bus fare.

2.   She would walk, in lashing rain, a howling wind, rather than pay a bus fare.

3.   The wind was rising again, mocking the arrival of spring as it lashed rain against the windows.

4.   A few nights before, a storm front had lashed rain across this part of the gulf.

5.   It was lashing rain, and a year after ending its cease-fire, the IRA had shown no inclination to stop fighting.

6.   The next day brought lashing rain.

7.   Amid the howling winds, lashing rain and crashing surf that Hurricane Nora is inflicting on southern Baja California, one man still draws a stare.

8.   Friday evening, the leading edge of storm was lashing rain on the Bahamian island of Andros even while Cuba continued to experience high winds and drenching rain.

9.   A sandstorm followed by gale-force winds and lashing rain had battered this border crossing in the arid Araba region north of the Red Sea.

10.   A sandstorm followed by gale-force winds and lashing rain battered this border crossing in the arid Araba region north of the Red Sea.