Examples of 'had rained' in a sentence

Meaning of "had rained"

This phrase is in the past perfect tense and is used to describe an action of rain that took place in the past before another past event or time reference

How to use "had rained" in a sentence

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had rained
It had rained and the clouds were motionless.
Tom could tell that it had rained.
While it had rained earlier that day.
It was now three years since it had rained.
It had rained between the two photographs.
I would have stayed at home if it had rained.
If it had rained it would have been practically impossible.
It appeared as if they had rained from the skies.
It had rained while we were in her car.
But it was dark and it had rained.
It had rained hard that night.
It was badly a day because it had rained.
It had rained and the air felt fresh.
It was like dew had rained on me.
It had rained all the time.

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It was slippery because it had rained the day before.
If it had rained we would not have saw nothing.
T hat morning it had rained.
It had rained most of the night.
That morning it had rained.
It had rained for five days.
Paul said it had rained.
It had rained all day long.
Especially when it had rained.
They said it had rained more than usual.
He was late because it had rained.
It had rained while we were having dinner.
Today we discovered that it had rained during the night.
It had rained the night before the race.
They might have done better if it had rained like yesterday.
It had rained the previous days.
It would have been nice if it had rained like this that day.
It had rained that day.
I brought the umbrella with us because it had rained that weekend.
It had rained and snowed.
There was a strong flow as it had rained the day before.
It had rained in the forest.
The roads were very muddy since it had rained during the night.
It had rained that day so the ground was wet.
The second sentence denotes that the speaker assumed that it had rained.
It had rained a bit earlier.
Abrams bet Browne a cigarette that it had rained.
It had rained and the soil is saturated with water.
British and American pilots had rained death and destruction on Germany.
It had rained the day before so there was some water.
Later I found out that it had rained.
If it had rained any more we would have needed gills.
The rails are wet, as recently it had rained.
It had rained for days and the fields were flooded.
That 's because it had rained an hour earlier.

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