rainwater

Example Sentences

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On Earth, most sulfates dissolve easily in rainwater.

From Science Daily

Stroud Brewery is organic, so it does not use pesticides or herbicides, and uses harvested rainwater to flush its toilets.

From BBC

As of December, its dams were only around 30 percent full on average, and farmers have largely relied on rainwater for irrigation.

From Barron's

By examining their chemical makeup -- the balance between "heavy" and "light" hydrogen in the waxes mirrors the hydrogen composition of rainwater absorbed by plants -- the team was able to estimate the severity of drought conditions.

From Science Daily

Sam looked down at the drain that caught the rainwater.

From Literature