watergate

Example Sentences

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This is a very personal, literal watergate, and it has made Selleck the new face of celebrity drought-shaming, a term of our times for high-profile people who flout state-mandated efforts to curb water consumption.

From The Guardian • Jul. 8, 2015

There it had been hoped to build a palace worthy of the Leauge of Nations with a magnificent watergate in memory of all the soldiers who were killed in the war.

From Time Magazine Archive

He had already said goodbye to Mrs. Haines and her daughter, and though he heard shouts and screams coming from the watergate, he had no idea what had taken place; until Mr. Haines joined him.

From With Clive in India Or, The Beginnings of an Empire by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)

Then they let them through the watergate, and there, on the further side, were many gathered who thanked God for their deliverance, and begged tidings of them.

From Lysbeth, a Tale of the Dutch by Haggard, Henry Rider

The city, built on the skirt of a wall-like mountain, has a watergate and a landgate known as Bab al-Sákayn.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 08 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir