comfort station
Example Sentences
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Seattle provides dogs a sidewalk comfort station with trees and rocks on Third Avenue outside Westlake Station, but none for humans, unless they can find an available retail building’s restroom.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 19, 2023
The comfort station, destined for a plaza in Noe Valley, was put on hold after its price tag became international news.
From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2022
The outdoor comfort station — sheathed in wood that’s painted a pleasing celadon — is not far from the entrance to the 33-acre nature preserve.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 6, 2021
Critics who liked the monumental grandeur of the shaft called the mooring mast “a silly gesture” and “a public comfort station for migratory birds.”
From New York Times ● Sep. 19, 2019
Helene looked out of the window halfway expecting to see a comfort station in the distance; instead she saw gray- green trees leaning over tangled grass.
From "Sula" by Toni Morrison
