cistern

Example Sentences

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External sprinklers that draw from cistern, pool or other water source via a pump.

From Los Angeles Times

The freshwater cisterns that the monkeys relied on as a water source were destroyed.

From Salon

Once back home, Yazzie has her son refill a cistern in the family’s yard.

From Los Angeles Times

I prodded him and shouted, “Do you have a cistern, a well, anything?”

From Literature

Dressed in a Carhartt hoodie and knit cap, he watches a backhoe operator dig a pit for a cistern, which will connect to the new sink that will be installed in the kitchen.

From Los Angeles Times