drinking fountain

Example Sentences

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I asked for water and the bartender pointed me toward a drinking fountain and some plastic cups.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

“I think it’s just sad that a kid can’t go to a drinking fountain at their school and get a drink of water.”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 27, 2023

Entering an office for then-House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, Beddingfield washed his eyes in a drinking fountain before he left the building.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 11, 2023

At one point, he said on Twitter that the Badger would have a drinking fountain fed by waste water from its hydrogen fuel cell.

From New York Times • Sep. 12, 2022

There were slightly larger crinkly paper cups for water, which I poured from the drinking fountain in the corner of Mrs. Killinger’s office.

From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram