SHOWER in a Sentence

Learn SHOWER from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
96 example sentences for SHOWER, such as:
1. Life is like a shower.
2. The shower is easy to install.
3. She usually sings in the shower.
4. They let fly a shower of arrows.
5. She heard him turn on the shower.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of SHOWER
shower
 n.  a brief period of precipitation
 v.  rain abundantly
Classic Sentence: (61 in 5 pages)
1  Then I guess all the men you knew were such fools they didn't know when to come in out of a shower of rain--or of minie balls.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLVII
2  A rapid shower had cooled the air, and clouds still hung refreshingly over the moist street.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 1
3  There's a soft shower to leeward.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 135. The Chase.—Third Day.
4  One morning as Jurgis was passing, a furnace blew out, spraying two men with a shower of liquid fire.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 21
5  The gang having already got the carcass on to the truck, the party set out at a trot, followed by screams and curses, and a shower of bricks and stones from unseen enemies.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 26
6  There was a little shower of pine needles.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4
7  The friendly little old man shook it heartily, and after a little shower of caution, he took his umbrella, and fumbled his way out of the room.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI
8  Cosette could not make a motion which did not draw down upon her head a heavy shower of violent blows and unmerited chastisement.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4: CHAPTER III—THE LARK
9  It was like a shower of roses falling athwart this house of mourning.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER IV—GAYETIES
10  Fauchelevent was but ill at ease under this shower bath.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 8: CHAPTER III—MOTHER INNOCENTE
11  All that straw rustled by all these men, produced the sound of a heavy shower.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 10: CHAPTER V—ORIGINALITY OF PARIS
12  A shower is but a glass of water; a rainstorm is instantly drunk up.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XVI—HOW FROM A BROTHER ONE BECOMES A FATHER
13  Perhaps it is rain itself that is about to shower down; the sky is joining in; the younger branch is condemned.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XVI—HOW FROM A BROTHER ONE BECOMES A FATHER
14  "But, my Reverend-" replied Aramis, a little amazed by the shower of arguments that poured upon his head.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 26 ARAMIS AND HIS THESIS
15  She added hot baths, sitz baths, shower baths, and plunges.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
Example Sentence: (35 in 3 pages)
1  As a modern parent, I know that it's not how much you give children those counts, it's the love and attention you shower on them.
2  She heard him turn on the shower.
3  Life is like a shower.
4  She usually sings in the shower.
5  Open the window when you have a shower to stop the mirror misting over.
6  It was such a hot night that I had a cold shower to refresh myself.
7  The shower is easy to install.
8  Our beloved teacher, you are the spring shower that moistens our hearts.
9  They let fly a shower of arrows.
10  She went out, leaving Rachel to undress and have her shower.
11  The shower that we put in a few years back has broken and we cannot afford to replace it.
12  This reminded me I needed to replace my shower curtains.
13  A cold shower always refreshes us in summer.
14  The water pressure in our shower does fluctuate wildly.
15  Calling Mary socially inept is akin to describing Hurricane Katrina as a summer shower.