water cooler

Example Sentences

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Standing awkwardly on the outside of someone else’s water cooler.

From Slate • Apr. 12, 2026

“There is a lot of water cooler talk about people who haven’t had work in months,” said Emily Lawrence, who has narrated more than 600 audiobooks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 29, 2025

Like many writers working alone, she had used Twitter as a virtual water cooler.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 13, 2025

For nearly 14 years, an online message board called Memegen has served as a virtual water cooler for Google employees.

From New York Times • Apr. 8, 2024

I see a folding table stacked with towers of small green cups and a water cooler that's nearly as tall as me.

From "The Sky at Our Feet" by Nadia Hashimi