lawn sprinkler
Example Sentences
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In forward mode, water sprayed outward as it would from an ordinary lawn sprinkler.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 17, 2026
Most human cell phone users are located near the Earth’s surface, so the tower antennae are configured to send their signals parallel to the ground, covering it like lawn sprinkler spraying out water.
From Scientific American ● May 23, 2023
As his lawn sprinkler ran one summer day in 2019, “I heard this spitting and sputtering … like when you go down to the bottom of a glass with a straw,” he said.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 26, 2022
Stick some googly eyes on your rotating lawn sprinkler and say it's Rudy Giuliani.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 24, 2019
He returned proudly carrying his prize; was handed in over the gunwale; shook himself like a lawn sprinkler; and resettled himself in the bottom of the boat.
From The Adventures of Bobby Orde by Worth Brehm
