How to Use rain out in a Sentence

rain out

verb
  • The game was rained out, which the team did not feel was a bad thing.
    Henry Schulman, SFChronicle.com, 2 Apr. 2020
  • The Giants game was rained out for the first time in more than a decade.
    Carter Evans, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2018
  • She was rained out last year, so this counts as her first Jazz Fest.
    Doug MacCash, NOLA.com, 5 May 2018
  • Elastic cuffs and pull-cord hem help to clock wind and rain out, and seal in warmth.
    Danny Perez, Popular Mechanics, 30 Nov. 2022
  • Moving the Olympics is not like rescheduling a game that has been rained out.
    Tim Sullivan, The Courier-Journal, 23 Mar. 2020
  • An eastward shift would keep the heaviest rain out of the area.
    Leigh Morgan, al, 15 Aug. 2021
  • The Cubs have adjusted their starters for the Dodgers series because of the rain out.
    Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2022
  • He was supposed to play Sunday in Daytona Beach, but the game was rained out.
    Craig Davis, Sun-Sentinel.com, 17 Apr. 2018
  • Their home opener was snowed out, and two games in Detroit were rained out, along with one and a third games here.
    New York Times, 16 May 2018
  • And then, on Aug. 29, when Long’s finally scheduled to return to a game, the game is rained out.
    C. Trent Rosecrans, Cincinnati.com, 21 Oct. 2017
  • The Mid-American and street stock features were rained out.
    Tony Baranek, Daily Southtown, 15 June 2019
  • Buy with confidence this year: if it's rained out, the zoo will refund your gift.
    Bud Kennedy, star-telegram, 16 May 2018
  • Of course, if the game is rained out, the extra day of rest could also benefit the Cubs pitching staff.
    Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 10 Oct. 2017
  • Thompson’s last event scheduled for June 30 was rained out.
    Shawn Courchesne, courant.com, 25 July 2019
  • Structured hoods with adjustable drawstrings and brims are the best option to keep the rain out of your vision.
    Amanda Constantine, Good Housekeeping, 30 Jan. 2023
  • After Tuesday’s off day, the Tigers were rained out Wednesday.
    Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press, 12 Apr. 2020
  • The Flyers managed to schedule one more contest that year, but it was rained out.
    Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 9 Oct. 2019
  • Thousands of Puerto Rico homes still rely on blue tarps to keep the rain out.
    Washington Post, 18 July 2019
  • That high pressure is now expected to last through the work week keeping rain out of the region.
    oregonlive, 14 Feb. 2023
  • With last year's parade being rained out, things have been in motion for the 100th parade for awhile now.
    Michael Walsh, Courant Community, 21 May 2018
  • Youth soccer leagues have been rained out and farmers' crops are way behind.
    Meg Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 17 June 2019
  • After the Brewers and Pirates were rained out in Pittsburgh on Thursday, the team moved all its starters back a day.
    Todd Rosiak, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 21 June 2018
  • The Hawthorne Bridge maintenance that got rained out last Sunday is on for this weekend.
    oregonlive, 25 Oct. 2019
  • The flock of teal lifted off into driving wind and rain out of the northwest that had left the surface of the river choppy.
    Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Apr. 2021
  • Nor was the fact that the show was supposed to be held in the afternoon in the streets of the Brera district, but got rained out at the last minute and was forced indoors.
    Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 23 Sep. 2023
  • The other is to win the conference tournament, which got rained out last year.
    Sean Begin, courant.com, 13 May 2018
  • That water then rains out of the sky in a perpetual hydraulic dance between life and the air around it.
    Peter Brannen, The Atlantic, 31 Aug. 2017
  • Meanwhile, the chance of rain out west will diminish by mid-morning.
    Dallas News, 11 Oct. 2022
  • Be sure and choose a jacket designed to keep rain out while wicking moisture away from your skin.
    The Editors, Field & Stream, 17 Sep. 2019
  • There’s also a toggle at the top that keeps snow and rain out while ensuring a secure fit.
    Sophie Dodd, Travel + Leisure, 10 Feb. 2023

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