fountain

Example Sentences

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Fix the damn fountain already, not because the Olympics are coming in two years, but because 4 million residents deserve better right now.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2026

The Victorian glasshouses nurture fattening peaches, while in the main garden beyond, a tower of water bursts up into the sky—the highest powered fountain in England.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

Eventually we learned I had an immune condition; I also had mono, which felt cosmically unfair considering I had not yet been kissed and suspected I’d contracted it from the skating rink water fountain.

From Salon • Mar. 31, 2026

He found the clean-lined water fountain at Reseda Discount Pottery & Fountains, which he calls an “Aladdin’s cave” with hundreds of fountains running at once.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

In the center, a stone fountain in the shape of a mermaid sent water up into the lamplight.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell