How to Use reservoir in a Sentence

reservoir

noun
  • The pen has a large ink reservoir.
  • She found the reservoirs of energy she needed to finish the job.
  • Colleges and universities provide reservoirs of talent for job recruiters.
  • If not, the ink would still dry in the reservoir.
    — New Atlas, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Wahlers says some healthy trees in the reservoir will stay.
    — Olivia Young, CBS News, 15 Jan. 2026
  • Sports fields, parks and a reservoir have been all but wiped out.
    — Freddie Clayton, NBC news, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Snow is a reservoir, Mankin said.
    — Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 10 Feb. 2026
  • This unit heats a reservoir of warm water to clean your body.
    — Megan Boettcher, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 July 2022
  • Some lakes and reservoirs have shrunk by as much as 90%.
    — Ariel Cohen, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
  • The app will tell you when the reservoir is ready for a refill.
    — Medea Giordano, WIRED, 11 Apr. 2024
  • The city is in the process of filling its reservoirs.
    — Kansas City Star, 16 Dec. 2025
  • The wild-bird reservoir is the part no one can manage away.
    — John Drake, Forbes.com, 21 June 2026
  • Look to ponds, small lakes and reservoirs for sunfish.
    — Chad Mason, Outdoor Life, 3 June 2026
  • Their preferred reservoir host is the field mouse.
    — ABC News, 16 Apr. 2026
  • And that reservoir is the key to the lizard’s most famous trick.
    — Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 13 Apr. 2026
  • So the reservoir deficits and the long-term drought, they don’t get solved with one storm.
    — Clio Chang, Curbed, 20 Nov. 2024
  • Wells collapsed and some reservoirs ran dry.
    — Nik Kowsar, Time, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Same with the rear tank, as the reservoirs are pushed and pulled from the bottom as well.
    — Joe Salas june 28, New Atlas, 28 June 2026
  • The amount of water a reservoir can hold varies by model.
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 20 Aug. 2025
  • The western reservoirs dried up.
    — Roy Scranton august 20, Literary Hub, 20 Aug. 2025
  • The west side of the reservoir is currently the best place to spot the trees.
    — Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Some had grease reservoirs that were more difficult to clean.
    — Jennifer Zyman, Bon Appetit Magazine, 26 May 2026
  • The reservoir and frother are dishwasher-safe, which is a nice touch.
    — Rennie Dyball, Peoplemag, 14 Nov. 2022
  • Fill the steamer’s reservoir with water and turn it on.
    — Katie Cloyd, Martha Stewart, 20 Jan. 2026
  • The point is that the earlier fire was not put out and the reservoir had been drained.
    — Dana Goodyear, New Yorker, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Next time recreators visit the reservoir, most of those trees will be gone.
    — Olivia Young, CBS News, 15 Jan. 2026
  • Most bodies have some reservoirs to burn and thus time to find food to start eating again.
    — Christine Peterson, Outdoor Life, 29 Nov. 2023
  • Key reservoirs are at their lowest point ever.
    — ABC News, 12 Apr. 2026
  • At the edge of the reservoir is a perimeter where the grasses and scrub have been cut back.
    — Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
  • The reservoirs are now about 30 percent full.
    — Theo Burman, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025

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