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

Please, Edmonds School District, do the right thing and install a drinking fountain outside at this otherwise awesome playground.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 26, 2022

I grimace and bend at a drinking fountain.

From New York Times • Mar. 29, 2022

Then it was the sight of twisted steel beams and a lone pipe, jutting up from the rubble, gently spilling water like a drinking fountain.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2020

Her sister could crouch behind a drinking fountain and wait for him to get thirsty.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston