rainwater

Example Sentences

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Here by the water’s edge, she nibbles on seeds and drinks rainwater, retreating to the house to sleep at night.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

He avoids bottled water due to microplastics and has set up an elaborate system to catch rainwater from the house roof.

From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026

Stroud Brewery is organic, so it does not use pesticides or herbicides, and uses harvested rainwater to flush its toilets.

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026

Touadera has pointed to his record on improving the security situation, paved roads, public lighting installed on major avenues and renovated rainwater drainage canals in the capital.

From Barron's • Dec. 28, 2025

They rowed with cold rainwater running down their backs, pooling in the bottom of the boat, and sloshing back and forth under their sliding seats.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown