By then, the rain was falling steadily, a heavy drizzle that sent everyone scurrying for shelter, including the watch.

The rain was coming in a heavy drizzle; the clouds that caused it had turned late afternoon into a gathering dusk.

The rain fell off to a heavy drizzle and the swells flattened.

Far off in the direction from which we had come, tenements stretched out of sight into the heavy drizzle.

But last night at the Stadium, a ray of hope burst through the heavy drizzle.

The rush hour was on; a heavy drizzle added its impeding influence.

The rain continued, although it was now not much more than a heavy drizzle.

A couple of miles further on a neon sign blinked garishly through the heavy drizzle.

Today it was just a drizzle, not heavy enough for the umbrella.

When they awoke, soaking-shivering in spite of the heat, the rain had become a heavy drizzle.