How to Use water main in a Sentence

water main

noun
  • The water main burst and flooded the street.
  • A lot of our water mains are cast iron.
    — Alysia Burgio, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2026
  • The city has seen four water main breaks in the past week.
    — Grace Hurt, Arkansas Online, 5 Aug. 2025
  • Bagley said this is the third water main break in the past four days.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 15 Aug. 2022
  • The risk of water main breaks remains high.
    — Cutter Martin, CBS News, 30 Jan. 2026
  • About a month ago, a water main near his parents' home burst.
    — Pien Huang, NPR, 1 Apr. 2024
  • Over the past month, there have also been three water main breaks.
    — Katie Moore, Kansas City Star, 19 Apr. 2024
  • When a water main breaks or a bridge crumbles, the city is held back.
    — Carl Swanson, Curbed, 19 July 2021
  • Sunday when the water main broke.
    — Nicholas Lentz, CBS News, 11 May 2026
  • More water main breaks are popping up in Berkley.
    — Jack Springgate, CBS News, 16 Feb. 2026
  • As a result, the city is starting to see more water main breaks.
    — Suzanne Baker, chicagotribune.com, 14 Oct. 2021
  • This is the most recent water main break to occur in the area over the past few days.
    — Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2022
  • Those who weren’t killed were drowned when a burst water main flooded the wreckage.
    — Gary Kamiya, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Apr. 2022
  • Service lines are the pipes that connect a water main to a building.
    — R. Christian Smith, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Police said the sinkhole was the result of a water main break.
    — charlotteobserver, 10 Apr. 2018
  • Garcia said the water main valve was turned off at the time of the inspection.
    — Stephen Hobbs, Sacramento Bee, 3 Feb. 2025
  • Mulcahy said the goal is to start construction of the water main next year.
    — Ed Wittenberg, cleveland, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Work then quickly resumed on the water main aspect of the project.
    — Daniel I. Dorfman, Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 2025
  • Service lines are the pipes that connect a water main to a building.
    — R. Christian Smith, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026
  • There was no immediate word on what caused the water main break.
    — Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026
  • At each site, a worker breaks ground by the curb and digs straight down near the water main beneath the street.
    — Kevin Armstrong, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2021
  • Two years ago, there was a water main break in the same location as the latest break.
    — Tara Molina, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2026
  • The water main that first failed was installed in 1901.
    — Letters To The Editor, Hartford Courant, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Scotty's Ice Cream sits along the same street where the water main broke.
    — Megan Shinn, CBS News, 10 Mar. 2026
  • An eight-inch water main break caused a sinkhole and blocked traffic in north Phoenix.
    — Lorenzino Estrada, The Arizona Republic, 13 Nov. 2024
  • Full repairs to the water main could take several days.
    — Alexis Simmerman, Austin American Statesman, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Crew members repaired the water main overnight and recharged the systems.
    — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 29 May 2023
  • The risk of water main breaks is also increasing.
    — Cutter Martin, CBS News, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Officials said part of the road had been closed off while a work crew repaired a water main break in the area.
    — Washington Post, 11 Aug. 2021
  • Officials at the time suspected the mound was due to a water main break.
    — Miriam Marini, Detroit Free Press, 14 Dec. 2021

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