How to Use drinking fountain in a Sentence

drinking fountain

noun
  • And the cast bronze basins of drinking fountains are based on dogwood leaves and blossoms.
    — Charlotte Observer, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Restaurants ran out of food and drink, and a plumbers’ strike meant drinking fountains were in short supply.
    — Defne Karabatur, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2024
  • Newsom said, before posing for photo ops where drinking fountains had been sealed for more than a year.
    — Miriam Pawel, The Mercury News, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Bring a reusable water bottle to fill from the drinking fountain on-site.
    — Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2023
  • Also, fake tickets flooded the park and the drinking fountains weren’t working.
    — Chris Morris, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2023
  • Meanwhile cat owners can't stop raving about the flower drinking fountain.
    — Carly Kulzer, PEOPLE.com, 31 Aug. 2021
  • One hundred years ago, most parks for Black people in Louisville lacked swings, slides and even drinking fountains.
    — Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 17 Feb. 2023
  • This ceramic drinking fountain holds 50 ounces of water and has a pump and filter.
    — Simon Hill, WIRED, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Wherever life takes you, fill a reusable water bottle at home or at a drinking fountain.
    — Anna Funk, Discover Magazine, 12 Sep. 2019
  • The park is completely fenced with amenities that include a drinking fountain and picnic tables.
    — Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 26 Mar. 2023
  • Fixtures tested include drinking fountains and sinks in kitchens, bathrooms and classrooms.
    — Emily Hoerner, Chicago Tribune, 7 May 2023
  • Park benches, picnic tables, drinking fountains and railings are cleaned daily.
    — Helena Wegner, azcentral, 1 Apr. 2020
  • What if this guy accidentally uses the wrong drinking fountain?
    — Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com, 5 Sep. 2020
  • Wear a hat and sunscreen, and bring gardening gloves and a reusable water bottle (there’s a drinking fountain on-site).
    — Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2023
  • The city’s reasoning for this has been that lead has been detected in the water at the drinking fountains and that more people now carry their own water.
    — Chicago Tribune, 15 June 2024
  • Many of the drinking fountains in Chicago parks have remained turned during the summer or have been removed entirely.
    — Chicago Tribune, 15 June 2024
  • There will also be vinyl fencing, a drinking fountain, a patio and a seasonal portable restroom.
    — Cathy Kozlowicz, Journal Sentinel, 12 May 2023
  • Last year, Betty Rivas was startled by a letter telling her that the drinking fountains her 8-year-old used at school weren’t safe.
    — Michael Phillis and Brittany Peterson, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Officials decided to pipe the spring water into town with a multi-spouted drinking fountain near the city center.
    — Perri Ormont Blumberg, Travel + Leisure, 10 Feb. 2023
  • Clore said signs are posted above each drinking fountain in housing units instructing prisoners not to drink directly from the nozzle.
    — Angie Jackson, Detroit Free Press, 19 Sep. 2020
  • That includes disinfecting areas that are used often such as light switches, drinking fountains and doorknobs.
    — Arika Herron, Indianapolis Star, 9 Mar. 2020
  • Most chairs have been removed from employee break rooms, drinking fountains have been taped off and hand-sanitizing stations have been set up throughout the complex.
    — Staff, Indianapolis Star, 23 Apr. 2020
  • At the Shiloh elementary school near Modesto, drinking fountains sit abandoned, covered in clear plastic.
    — Dale Kasler, Phillip Reese and Ryan Sabalow, sacbee, 1 June 2018
  • For months, the pain in her feet had prevented the elephant from walking down a small hill to a drinking fountain in her enclosure, forcing her handlers to give her water in buckets and by hose.
    — Rachel Nuwer, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2024
  • Once the last pitch of the travel baseball season crossed home plate at the River Run baseball field, new concrete was poured for dugouts and a new drinking fountain was installed.
    — Matt Leavitt, cleveland, 18 Aug. 2023
  • In addition to the improvements, the neighborhood park features a playground, shade pavilion, picnic tables, grill, drinking fountain, hike/bike trail and open space.
    — Teri Webster, Dallas News, 1 Dec. 2020
  • Additional benefits of the Lower Fall trail is that at the start of it are flushable toilets, picnic tables, and an ice-cold drinking fountain.
    — Chris Van Leuven, Outside Online, 19 Oct. 2022
  • There are restrooms, drinking fountains, camping areas and concessions at the endpoint towns, and in between at Norwalk, Wilton and Kendall.
    — Brian E. Clark, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2023
  • The fountain was replaced by drinking fountains and covered by a wooden structure in 1924 before being deemed a traffic hazard and removed.
    — Owen Prout, Dallas News, 11 Mar. 2020
  • In its guidance for schools, the CDC encourages teachers and students to bring their own water bottles to minimize trips to the drinking fountain.
    — Erica Pearson, Star Tribune, 21 Aug. 2020

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