water cooler
Example Sentences
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These aren’t even movies that you’d bring to the water cooler, lest you want a conversation with a coworker to fall flat after 10 seconds.
From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026
"They want to make water cooler shows that bring audiences together."
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
Standing awkwardly on the outside of someone else’s water cooler.
From Slate ● Apr. 12, 2026
Shipka got her start when she was just 6 years old on “Mad Men,” a series filled with the kind of jaw-dropping sequences made for water cooler conversation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 25, 2026
When we at last reached the air-conditioned ranger station, we sagged into chairs next to the water cooler, drank down the cooler’s last half-gallon of water, and asked the ranger for another bottle.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
