waterless

Example Sentences

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On a misty winter's day in the English midlands, engineers struggled to drag stranded narrowboats from a waterless, mud-filled canal that collapsed weeks earlier, in a delicate, multi-million-pound rescue operation.

From Barron's • Feb. 11, 2026

Alchemie is not the only company attempting a nearly waterless dye process.

From BBC • Nov. 4, 2024

A restaurant that overlooks the Grand Canyon has waterless urinals in the restrooms and faucets with sensors.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 15, 2022

The park will also water the landscape with reclaimed water instead of domestic supplies, and the urinals at the park will be waterless.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 14, 2022

Then came a difficult and unnerving descent down a rocky cliff face on the other side, a short walk through a dark, waterless valley, and delivery to the foot of another wall of rock.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson