showery

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for showery
Adjective
  • Covering a major weather event like a hurricane is vastly different from forecasting a rainy commute.
    Sheri Bachstein, Time, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Reliable traction on the sole prevents slipping, which is especially useful during the rainy season ahead.
    Melody Kazel, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The low-hanging clouds reached their misty tendrils toward us, dousing us in a cool bath of rain.
    Stefanie Waldek, AFAR Media, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Who else was caught off guard by the dreary, misty rain this morning?
    Cate Martel, The Hill, 10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Webber said the main threat would be hail and gusty winds.
    Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The area could see gusty winds, localized blowing dust and heavy rainfall.
    Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Wind energy is also highly reliable and cheap in the wintertime, benefiting from blustery New England weather, Dykes said.
    Ella Nilsen, CNN Money, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Nestled among the picturesque seaside towns on France’s blustery northern coast is an unsuspecting place called Deauville.
    Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 12 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Similarly, a lightweight packable rain jacket can handle both unexpected showers and windy days on deck without taking up much room.
    David Nikel, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • In the clip, Goggins can be seen driving along the windy roads as the sun shines over him.
    Natalia Senanayake, People.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Earlier this year, on an overcast spring day in Manhattan, the fashion designer Raul Lopez stood inside a suite at the Plaza Hotel wearing black underwear, a waist-cinching pink corset, and a white plastic shopping bag over his head.
    Ana Karina Zatarain, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Smoke from a wildfire in New Jersey had turned the overcast sky a dirty brown.
    Seth Harp, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • In her fantastical museum—for this memoir is the Wind Museum of her musings, her attempt to present the stormy atmosphere of the planet—moving air has been ingeniously captured and made into a kind of aural kaleidoscope of voices and sound.
    Book Marks September 11, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Viewers may imagine a watery landscape or a stormy sky, drawn into the natural drama of a monumental canvas.
    Natasha Gural, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
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“Showery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/showery. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.

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