This happened daily at Owhyhee; the mountainous parts being generally enveloped in a cloud; successive showers falling in the inland country, with fine weather, and a clear sky at the sea-shore.
Hard gales of wind at north, with heavy showers of rain.
Saturday the 25th, hard showers of rain and hail, the wind at north.
The next day the weather was so very unsettled, attended with heavy showers of snow, that the carpenters were not able to proceed in their work.
In the morning of the 16th the wind freshened, and was attended with thick and frequent showers of snow.
E'er many months have passed, his arrowy showers And gusty cohorts will descend again.
Fortunately, it was not put to a severe test; we had passing showers only, heavy, though short.
It was the height of summer, and the showers of roses in the gardens, the strawberries and cherries in the market, show that the summer's best gifts are still enjoyed here.
The weather was cold, and occasional showers of snow accompanied the strong piercing westerly winds which blew every day.
As our silvery treasure showers into the boat we roughly guess our capture at fifty crans--a capital night's work.
The numerous salts which exist in the sea can neither be deposited in its bed, nor exhaled with the vapour, to be again poured upon the soil in showers of rain.
Speaking was accompanied by a volume of white vapour that, rapidly congealing, fell upon the floor in showers of fine ice.
Then in the furnace, when the angel came, the air was cool and pleasant, most like the weather in the summer season, when rain falleth during the day and warm showers from the clouds.
The Son of God beholdeth from the heavens the sea and its foundations: He numbereth every drop of the showers of rain.
The foot-soldiers also scatter showersof missiles, each man having several and hurling them to an immense distance, and being naked or lightly clad with a little cloak.
Philip's fleet found itself shut up in the harbor and utterly unable to withstand the showers of arrows shot by the thousands of archers who crowded the English ships.
The frost touches them, and, with the slightest breath of returning day or jarring of earth's axle, see in what showers they come floating down!
Some morning at that date there is perhaps a harder frost than we have seen, and ice formed under the pump, and now, when the morning wind rises, the leaves come down in denser showers than ever.
A few showers of rain after the sun has dried and cracked the mud will soon wash your garden clean.
That day was for the most part thick and hazy, with a northerly wind, and snow-showers from time to time.
Earth that Triad is: she hides Joy from him who that divides; Showers it when the three are one Glassing her in union.
One reads of frog-showers in the time of the ancient Romans.
If it warn't for the showers this 'ere pocket pistol might very well do without her greatcoat.
Showers of benevolent heat stream down upon this desolation; not the faintest wisp of vapour floats upon the horizon; not a sail, not a ripple, disquiets the waters.
The land lies high; the ground is perennially moist and intersected by a horde of rills that join their waters to form the river Ancinale; frequent showers descend from above.
I remember a night in September of 1908, a Sunday night, fragrant with the odours of withered rosemary and cistus and fennel that streamed in aromatic showers from the scorched heights overhead--a starlit night, tranquil and calm.
Where the South's Wild morning-glories, rich in hues, that hint At coming showers that the rainbows tint?
What wild words are these, O wisest of women, and what this rending and scattering abroad, and showers of blood and croaking of Byves because I cull a flower in the forest?
A fox, which crossed the path of the army, was seen to run through the ranks, and, notwithstanding the showers of missiles discharged at him, to make his escape unhurt.
Showers of rain often yield a considerable quantity, which may be caught in sails or sheets spread for the purpose, selecting those which are free from the perspiration of men or animals.
Rain so seldom falls that they seem to take no precaution against it, preferring rather to risk the few drenching showers of the wet season than to take the trouble of making their huts waterproof.
The sea overwhelmed its shores, deluged the whole earth, augmented by showers from immense clouds.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "showers" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
