sump

Example Sentences

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To remove excess water from the basement, consider purchasing a sump pump or wet vacuum.

From Seattle Times

With her husband traveling out of town, Thomas said it was up to her to recharge the battery to their home’s backup sump pump Sunday with her car.

From Seattle Times

Widowhood isn’t just a cause for mourning but a kind of sump pump for the psyche, voiding everything.

From Washington Post

He layered sandbags around the openings to his basement and brought out two sump pumps to keep the water levels down.

From Washington Post

Army "hot waste" dumping records indicate it left radioactive cooling water buried in a sump in the Greenland ice sheet.

From Salon