drinkable

Example Sentences

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Official estimates suggest that around 55% of the town's drinkable water is lost to leaking pipes.

From BBC

They passed Soda Spring, which fed into the Green River, but there wasn’t any drinkable water there, either.

From Literature

"We woke up one morning and were told the water was no longer drinkable. Not only should we not drink it, we shouldn't touch it either," he said.

From Barron's

Marked by notes of spice and cherry, the deep red wine is soft, succulent and eminently drinkable—a wine for a special occasion or a Tuesday night with friends.

From The Wall Street Journal

Shivering people, many of them without blankets, food, or drinkable water, searched for dry clothes and huddled together for warmth.

From Literature