The rain damped their spirits.

In spite of the rain, I went out.

The rain whipped against the window.

It threatens to rain.

I have a hunch that it will rain.

Absence of rain caused the plants to die.

It rained heavily, and consequently the baseball game was called off .

Space travel will be commonplace some time in the future .

People were delighted at the safe return of the astronauts.

Space science is still in its infancy.