1.   Applications and potential applications are popping up like wildflowers after a spring rain.

2.   At present the river is quite exciting because the spring rains are keeping it high.

3.   But Will caught a fever and then rode home through the cold spring rain.

4.   The spring rain soaked him but it was warm and he licked it as it trickled down his lip.

5.   Today we have the first spring rain, which the Chinese regard as very precious.

6.   Although spring rains have now pushed flows above levels agreed in the treaty, suspicions linger.

7.   And blue sequins hanging from the cloud made for a soft spring rain.

8.   And so does The City of New Orleans, past farms and fields and red sand roads that shine with the spring rain.

9.   And while heavy watering and spring rains might help, he said, the soil may still be too salty to sustain new grass.

10.   As a result, even after a period of spring rain, the risk of fires can return within days.