drinkable

Example Sentences

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Within the monument, most of the roads are gravel or dirt, and there is no drinkable water, no food, no gas and spotty cellphone coverage.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

Israel depends on the plants for about 80% of its drinkable water.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 8, 2026

Few breakfasts and refreshment breaks didn’t include someone squeezing a cylinder of icy concentrate into a pitcher, adding water and stirring until it became a drinkable delight.

From Salon • Feb. 6, 2026

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

From BBC • Feb. 3, 2026

Dad says—as if there were a way to divide the Comet water from the drinkable water.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman