All 3 Uses
torrent
in
The Secret Garden
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- The next day the rain poured down in torrents again, and when Mary looked out of her window the moor was almost hidden by gray mist and cloud.†
p. 45.1 *torrents = overwhelming amounts
- It was pouring down in torrents and the wind was "wuthering" round the corners and in the chimneys of the huge old house.†
p. 107.8
- At the first sound of his torrent of words Colin had been so surprised that he had only sat up and listened as if he were spellbound.†
p. 194.6
Definitions:
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(1)
(torrent) an overwhelming amount -- especially of quickly moving water
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)