Usage examples of "averse" in French with translation to English

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Je fus pris sous une averse. I was caught in a shower.
Le ciel se couvre, une averse peut s'abattre d'un moment à l'autre. Judging from the present look of the sky, we may have a downpour any moment.
J'ai été pris sous une averse. I was caught in a shower.
Tandis que j'attendais le bus, j'ai été pris sous une averse. While waiting for bus, I was caught in a shower.
Hier, en rentrant de l'école, j'ai été prise sous une averse soudaine. As I returned from school yesterday, I was caught in a sudden shower.
J'ai été pris sous une averse et ai été trempé jusqu'aux os. I was caught in a shower and got drenched to the skin.
Hier, en rentrant de l'école, j'ai été pris sous une averse soudaine. As I returned from school yesterday, I was caught in a sudden shower.
Hier, sur le chemin de l'école, j'ai été pris sous une averse. On my way home from school yesterday, I was caught in a shower.
Hier, sur le chemin de l'école, j'ai été prise sous une averse. On my way home from school yesterday, I was caught in a shower.
J'ai été surpris par une averse sur le chemin du retour à la maison. I was caught in a shower on my way home.
J'ai été pris sous une averse en revenant de l'école à la maison. I was caught in a shower on my way home from school.
Hier, j'ai été pris par surprise par une averse en revenant de l'école. Yesterday I was caught in a shower on my way home from school.
Hier, alors que je revenais de l'école, j'ai soudain été pris sous une averse. As I returned from school yesterday, I was caught in a sudden shower.
À en juger par l'aspect du ciel, il se pourrait bien que nous ayons une averse avant la tombée de la nuit. Judging from the look of the sky, we might have a shower before nightfall.
Une averse commença à tomber. A heavy rain began to fall.
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