watering

Example Sentences

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INDIO, Calif. — On a quiet neighborhood corner across the street from a local watering hole, a roughly 40-foot shovel towers above the desert.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

Each task recorded — be it plant watering or kitchen cleaning — has to last between two and 15 minutes.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026

From watering days that involve a few hundred plants to ordering the latest rare species, his home in Malvern, Worcestershire, has turned into a jungle.

From BBC • Mar. 1, 2026

New York’s White Horse Tavern, established in 1880, and Fraunces Tavern, site of Washington’s 1783 farewell to his troops, have become so popular with tourists, they more closely resemble theme parks than local watering holes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

“Jay Berry,” Daisy said, “Old Rowdy’s in pretty good shape now. I finally got him to drink some warm milk and I gave him a good cold bath in the watering trough.”

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls