rainwater

Example Sentences

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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

As of December, its dams were only around 30 percent full on average, and farmers have largely relied on rainwater for irrigation.

From Barron's • Feb. 13, 2026

These included data from Arctic ice-cores and rainwater samples collected around the world.

From Science Daily • Feb. 6, 2026

A large crimson flag, heavy with rainwater, hangs from the sill of an upstairs window.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr