1.   Half an hour later, the deluge became a steady downpour with no sign of lifting.

2.   The end of an era -- greeted by a steady downpour.

3.   A day of sun and scattered showers, for example, might turn out to be just a steady downpour instead.

4.   A controversy resulted three weeks ago when the umpires had the Yankees and the Orioles try to play in a steady downpour, then called it.

5.   He glanced out the apartment window, saw the steady downpour and decided it was Jonathan Ogden weather.

6.   Last Saturday, a college game between Alabama State and Jackson State was played in a steady downpour the day before the Bears-Saints game.

7.   The game started in drizzle, and within two innings hitters were blinking at pitchers through a steady downpour, beads of water dripping off their helmets.

8.   The Notre Dame game was played in a steady downpour.

9.   We had some wet afternoons and evenings, but never a steady downpour.

10.   We woke in the morning to a steady downpour and flooded hallways.