Examples of “torrent” in a Sentence

noun A violent, fast-moving stream of water or other liquid.

• Snowmelt turned the small creek into a roaring torrent by spring.
• A torrent of muddy water rushed down the hillside after the storm.
• Rain fell in torrents throughout the night.

noun A sudden, overwhelming outpouring of something, especially words or emotion.

• A torrent of emails flooded her inbox after the announcement.
• He answered the question with a torrent of angry words.
• She unleashed a torrent of complaints about the delay.

noun A file shared through a peer-to-peer network such as BitTorrent.

• I started the torrent last night, and it finished by morning.
• Make sure you only download a torrent from a source you trust.
• He downloaded the album as a torrent.