sprinkler

Example Sentences

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Sprinkler outages, patchy information and anxious parents in overheating homes point to a city behind the curve.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

For decades scientists have been trying to solve Feynman's Sprinkler Problem: How does a sprinkler running in reverse -- in which the water flows into the device rather than out of it -- work?

From Science Daily • Jan. 29, 2024

The Fire Sprinkler Advisory Board advocates for installing a fire sprinkler system in your business or home, and for looking for sprinklers when buying or renting a home.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 21, 2023

“There has never been a multiple loss of life in a building that was properly protected by fire sprinklers,” said Shane Ray, president of the National Fire Sprinkler Association.

From Washington Post • Jan. 11, 2022

I have in the second company a mustachioed scarecrow, Sergeant-Major Dobrzynski, who calls himself Sprinkler, but whom the Masovians call the Lithuanian bear.

From Pan Tadeusz Or, the Last Foray in Lithuania; a Story of Life Among Polish Gentlefolk in the Years 1811 and 1812 by Noyes, George Rapall