cistern
Example Sentences
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She’s taken, perversely, with John the Baptist, imprisoned in a cistern and prophesying doom for the decadent, Godless heathens, Salome in particular.
From Los Angeles Times
The court heard Nath - after realising he had been "rumbled" - threw the bottle of Madagascar vanilla extract into a toilet cistern but it was later recovered by police.
From BBC
Like a criminal trial with no eyewitnesses, the prosecution of the “Queens of Combat” question relies on a cistern’s worth of circumstantial evidence, which may or may not add up to a case.
Upon reaching the cistern and finding it unattended, he worked quickly, draining the shallow pool of its crystal-clear water and replacing it with the heavy, fragrant wine of his court.
From Literature
When it runs out, he jumps from one rooftop to another to gather buckets of water from nearby cisterns.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
