rainwater

Example Sentences

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He avoids bottled water due to microplastics and has set up an elaborate system to catch rainwater from the house roof.

From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026

As of December, its dams were only around 30 percent full on average, and farmers have largely relied on rainwater for irrigation.

From Barron's • Feb. 13, 2026

These included data from Arctic ice-cores and rainwater samples collected around the world.

From Science Daily • Feb. 6, 2026

Water to fight fires from a pool or from rainwater stored in tanks or a cistern.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2025

Volkheimer turns his bleeding palms up as though to catch the air, to let it seep into his skin like rainwater.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr