How to Use rainwater in a Sentence

rainwater

noun
  • Placid seas reared up in giant waves and rainwater coursed through streets.
    — The Economist, 14 Sep. 2017
  • When gutters get clogged, rainwater has nowhere to go.
    — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Miami Herald, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Those who remain on the coast collect rainwater to drink and cook with.
    — The Economist, 8 May 2021
  • Plus, the slats in the top allow rainwater to drain and dry quickly.
    — Jacqueline Tempera, People.com, 18 July 2025
  • Hiding like mice in your huts with your ten bullets and rusty rainwater.
    — Paul Yoon, Harper's magazine, 10 Mar. 2019
  • This means the space was only exposed when rainwater washed the ash away.
    — Sarah Gibbens, National Geographic, 3 Apr. 2018
  • The guzzlers collect and store rainwater that can be used by area wildlife.
    — Ernie Cowan Outdoors, sandiegouniontribune.com, 17 Feb. 2018
  • The idea is to hold onto more of the rainwater now drained out to sea for flood control.
    — Andy Reid, Sun-Sentinel.com, 1 June 2017
  • The lake is now fed by rainwater, runoff and two groundwater wells.
    — Karen Pearlman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Nov. 2020
  • The result was soil so packed in that rainwater couldn’t seep down, and tree roots couldn’t expand.
    — Washington Post, 3 Dec. 2019
  • The result was soil so packed in that rainwater couldn't seep down, and tree roots couldn't expand.
    — Fox News, 3 Oct. 2019
  • These plants should be watered with distilled or rainwater.
    — Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 17 Jan. 2026
  • The damage is coming both from the lake and the rainwater rushing down the ravine.
    — Karen Berkowitz, chicagotribune.com, 3 Apr. 2018
  • The tops of the boxes are slanted so rainwater flows away from ballots.
    — Eric Levenson, CNN, 30 Oct. 2024
  • The ceiling of the downstairs loo had flapped open and disgorged a pint of rainwater.
    — Jo Rodgers, Vogue, 14 Feb. 2018
  • Near the mudbrick hut, Orozco takes a tarp off a full tank of rainwater.
    — Deepa Fernandes, USA TODAY, 24 Jan. 2018
  • The scheme, which also helps to harvest rainwater, is the first of its kind in the tropics.
    — The Economist, 19 Sep. 2019
  • When the rainwater is commingled with it, it is rendered kosher and ready.
    — Kristin E. Holmes, Philly.com, 12 Apr. 2018
  • Mosquitoes lay eggs in the rainwater that pools where the waxy leaves converge.
    — Devi Shastri, jsonline.com, 13 July 2017
  • The wall had holes, which were likely used as part of sewage or rainwater systems, experts said.
    — Moira Ritter, Miami Herald, 23 Feb. 2024
  • Deer mostly use the trough, whereas pronghorn tend to drink rainwater and eat food with moisture.
    — Alex Devoid, azcentral, 27 Mar. 2018
  • Storm drains collect rainwater from streets and sidewalks.
    — Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 31 May 2026
  • Those without running taps turn to the river or rainwater pipes.
    — David Culver, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2025
  • That, no matter how dry the weather, Were filled with rainwater.
    — Colm Tóibín, The New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2022
  • Puddles spread across the whole street, and the bronze Tchaikovsky in his bronze chair sat in a small pool of rainwater.
    — Lyudmila Ulitskaya, The New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2023
  • More than 3,700 cubic miles of rainwater fall from the sky each year.
    — Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 29 Dec. 2021
  • The water used to proof and distill the vodka comes from springs fueled by snow and rainwater.
    — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 19 Jan. 2023
  • On your street, take a look at the nearest catch basin and clear debris from the top to allow rainwater to flow in freely.
    — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 8 Jan. 2024
  • Our driveway, is then, the outlet (for rainwater) from the circle.
    — cleveland, 24 Sep. 2020
  • Some of the rainwater is flooding rivers, flowing out to sea, and washing into storm drains.
    — Ali Martin, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Jan. 2023

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