How to Use torrent in a Sentence

torrent

noun

• The rain came down in torrents.
• The storm turned the stream into a raging torrent.
• This week, the case has been a torrent of briefs and motions.
  — Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker, 17 Feb. 2024
• The falls can be a trickle or a torrent depending on the time of year.
  — Peter Krouse, cleveland, 22 Nov. 2022
• Raging torrents can scour the riverbeds where salmon lay their eggs.
  — Catrin Einhorn Max Whittaker, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2023
• In a matters of hours, what was about a foot of rain became a torrent of water.
  — Susannah George, Washington Post, 9 Sep. 2022
• The only sound came from a nearby stream, which turns into a torrent each spring when the snow melts.
  — Jim Zarroli, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2023
• Flashbacks to Barry Sanders would have come in a torrent.
  — Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 29 Jan. 2024
• The outfit prompted a torrent of tongue-in-cheek questions online: Did the Pope have a new stylist?
  — Leah Dolan, CNN, 28 Mar. 2023
• Strong's opening kickoff set the tone, and the Saints unleashed a torrent of points thanks to special teams play.
  — Chip Souza, Arkansas Online, 29 Oct. 2022
• The new rules won’t apply to large buildings, which churn out the most powerful torrents of trash.
  — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 12 Dec. 2023
• The police replied with a torrent of gunfire, killing Taylor.
  — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 13 Dec. 2022
• One of the biggest DDoS defense firms in the world could no longer handle the scale of the data torrent barraging his site.
  — Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 14 Nov. 2023
• Then Libs of Tiktok picked up the video, and the torrent of negative comments began.
  — Palak Jayswal, The Salt Lake Tribune, 9 Sep. 2022
• The final rule will likely expose the SEC to a torrent of legal challenges.
  — Stone Washington, National Review, 1 Mar. 2024
• That points to the question of what, if anything, to do about the torrent of copyright infringement lawsuits?
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2023
• Every spring, the mighty Kaweah River practically roars through the tiny town of Three Rivers with a torrent of fresh snowmelt.
  — Emily Pennington, Outside Online, 1 Nov. 2022
• In one area of Cathedral City, torrents of mud trapped residents in their homes and required the rescue of 46 people.
  — Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2023
• New data came to the scientific community in a torrent over the next few days and weeks.
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2023
• The storm had come on quickly, engulfing us in a torrent of rain and blurring everything around us.
  — John Kelly, Washington Post, 1 Jan. 2023
• Moments after a major dam in a Ukrainian war zone gave way, wild torrents cascaded over the jagged remains of the top.
  — Dmitriy Khavin, New York Times, 16 June 2023
• In the ensuing years, the trickle of customers grew into a torrent and the menu choices and staff grew to accommodate them.
  — Mark Eddington, The Salt Lake Tribune, 22 July 2023
• That would be Koy, who faced a torrent of criticism for his hosting performance at the Golden Globes on Jan. 7.
  — Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 18 Jan. 2024
• Beauty signs the contract with Colony Records, which sets off a torrent of new issues between her and her family.
  — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 June 2022
• The campaign produced a torrent of data, which took more than a year for a contractor to stitch together.
  — Bypaul Voosen, science.org, 21 June 2023
• When rains came strangely hard and fast, the vast network of dams slowed a torrent of water raging down the mountain, protecting his hay crop.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 6 Sep. 2022
• The resulting torrent stream fell into the bowels of an active volcano.
  — James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Sep. 2022
• On San Marcos Creek, a typically dry tributary, a 5-year-old boy was swept from a car and into the torrent.
  — Jeremy Miller, WIRED, 18 Feb. 2023
• In addition, a torrent of at least 16 anti-aircraft missiles also fell on the city.
  — Justin Klawans, The Week, 9 Oct. 2022
• This triggered a torrent of transphobic comments from the usual suspects, both in the comments of Mulvaney’s posts and in some far-right or conservative-leaning press outlets.
  — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 11 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024