Kissing the rod, the apprentice learned to accept the harsh discipline without complaint.

Before the ritual, the priest kisses the rod solemnly.

When the schoolmaster caught him cheating, he reluctantly kissed the rod and apologized before the class.

K-Rod struck out the final batter with a devastating slider to clinch the division title.

The tavern's forty-rod whiskey had a burn that left newcomers speechless.

After the harvest, the old men gathered on the porch to pass around a jug of forty-rod and swap stories.

As we left the station, the rain began to come down in stair rods, drenching everyone within minutes.

When the clouds roll in, the rain comes down in stair rods and the garden floods in minutes.

We were soaked because it suddenly came down in stair rods during our walk.

The rain was coming down in stair rods, drumming on the tin roof so loudly we could barely hear each other.