And evidence of a recent rain, for there were flowers.

For one thing, there had been the recent rain to wet things down.

"But the course wasn't that bad considering all the recent rain."

Recent rains have done little to end the drought, state and federal officials say.

This year was dry too, although there have been recent heavy rains.

Most of the leaves had been stripped from the trees by a recent hard rain.

Recent rains may help bring the harvest to half of what it was last year.

The ground was soft, slightly muddy, probably from a recent rain.

But now we're afraid all the recent rain will lead to problems with rot.

The recent heavy rain has made little difference because many of our rivers rely on ground water.