driving rain
Noun
Meaning
driving rain
Rain propelled by a driving wind.
The driving rain stung the runner's face.
Synonyms
Examples
Harrington (1991), p. 47. As the Government forces steadily advanced across the moor, the driving rain and sleet blew from the north-east into the faces of the exhausted Jacobite army.
Just behind the curtain of driving rain, the sun shone on the dry hills and continued to warm the castle, now too far behind for us to backtrack.
From Pramoay, it’s a two-hour motorbike ride to one of the logging areas, up a muddy hillside track in the driving rain.
Even in summer, conditions can be atrocious; thick fog, strong winds, driving rain and freezing summit temperatures are not unusual.
The sort of driving rain that you find only in the Ardennes.
I lifted my face into the night’s driving rain, letting its chill wash away my body’s last gasp of lust and frustration.