Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A localized rain shower in which rain falls while the sun is shining.
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- noun Alternative spelling of
sun shower .
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Examples
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But it was only a "sunshower," and when Mr. Minturn, with a quizzical look, told her to "take care, for she was losing some of her pearls," she laughingly wiped the glittering drops away and retorted:
Katherine's Sheaves Mrs. Georgie Sheldon 1884
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After that he bought me a sunshower and never forgets to get enough water for that shower on the 3rd day.
Rambles at starchamber.com » Blog Archive » Information obesity 2009
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After a brief sunshower, we enjoyed amazing food and danced to the funky rhythms of SoulFarm.
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Walking through a sunshower to the parking lot after visiting the Buckle Churches, I encountered the only rude Turk I met in the entire journey, a young man who called me a “dickhead” for not buying his ice cream.
Log of the Eclipse (9) Walter Jon Williams 2006
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Walking through a sunshower to the parking lot after visiting the Buckle Churches, I encountered the only rude Turk I met in the entire journey, a young man who called me a “dickhead” for not buying his ice cream.
Archive 2006-07-01 Walter Jon Williams 2006
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The wind smelled of humus, lichen, the musky odor of pecan husks broken under the shoe, a sunshower on the fields across the bayou.
Dave Robicheaux Ebook Boxed Set James Lee Burke 2002
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The wind smelled of humus, lichen, the musky odor of pecan husks broken under the shoe, a sunshower on the fields across the bayou.
Dave Robicheaux Ebook Boxed Set James Lee Burke 2002
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By the time they had returned to the neighborhood of the mountains the sky had become blue, with only occasionally a passing sunshower, and
The Second Deluge 1890
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As for the recent fine, it's turned out to be a momentary sunshower in Southwest's otherwise friendly skies, a high-priced slap on the wrist at worst.
Fast Company 2010
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Nor will I look foward to a delightful sunshower or a spooky thunderstorm.
Blog updates 2009
amberella commented on the word sunshower
A sunshower is an unusual meteorological phenomenon in which rain falls while the sun is shining . These conditions often lead to the appearance of a rainbow, if the sun is at a low enough angle . The term "sunshower" is used in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and parts of Britain, but is rarely found in dictionaries.
December 31, 2006