Our gray Saturday seemed on the verge of rain all day. Would it come?

Saturday gave us a day of overcast, not a drop of rain.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/native/our-gray-saturday-seemed-on-the-verge-of-rain-all-day-would-it-come/2021/10/09/05ca3446-295d-11ec-9de8-156fed3e81bf_story.html | Our grey Saturday appeared on the verge of rain all day. Would it not come?