How to Use cistern in a Sentence

cistern

noun

• The cistern was about 7 or 8 feet deep and the elk couldn't get out.
  — Olivia Dimmer, OregonLive.com, 16 Aug. 2017
• Near the cistern is the junction with the Homestead Trail.
  — OregonLive.com, 15 Oct. 2017
• One of the hunters jumped into the cistern to try to rescue it.
  — Skye Seipp, USA TODAY, 10 Aug. 2023
• In 2013, the body of Canadian tourist Elisa Lam was found in a water cistern on the roof.
  — Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 6 June 2023
• The cisterns were located on a platform at least 10 feet above the roof.
  — Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 28 Oct. 2023
• Visitors follow a walkway wrapped around the edge of the cistern, near the top of the 25-foot-tall columns.
  — Jennifer Billock, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Dec. 2021
• One purchased by Jake Wagner matched the brand found in the cistern.
  — The Enquirer, 21 Oct. 2022
• A crater gaped in the street; a metal cistern raised on stilts was spewing water.
  — Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2017
• The government built a brick school and a water cistern.
  — Mark Stevenson, Fox News, 8 June 2018
• Refreshments will be served at the Stammer House, built in 1909 with a gable style roof and cistern under the house.
  — Linda McIntosh, sandiegouniontribune.com, 9 May 2017
• Boise had the Grove Street irrigation ditch to draw on most of the year and built cisterns under Main Street as well.
  — Arthur Hart, idahostatesman, 15 July 2017
• The function of a steam fire engine was to pump water out of a cistern, a river or a lake with enough force to reach the top of the tallest building.
  — Arthur Hart, idahostatesman, 15 July 2017
• There were strong fumes, similar to those of a septic tank, coming from the cistern.
  — Nikki Dobrin, Peoplemag, 12 Aug. 2023
• However, the water level in the cistern was eight feel below the ground and too low for the three people or the dog to reach the opening.
  — David Matthews New York Daily News (tns), al, 11 Aug. 2023
• There’s a 5,000-gallon cistern in the basement to supply fresh water.
  — Thomas Farragher, BostonGlobe.com, 10 July 2019
• From there, the water was either stored in a cistern or exited the house through the sewer system.
  — Reuben Saltzman, Star Tribune, 6 Oct. 2020
• The homeowners were happy to let the team drain their massive pool and build out the cult’s requisite cistern atop it.
  — Rachel Davies, Architectural Digest, 3 July 2024
• Lam was found in one of the four cisterns that provided guests with water for washing and drinking.
  — Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 28 Oct. 2023
• Then, the cherries’ flesh is removed, and the remaining seeds — known widely as beans — go to a cistern to ferment.
  — New York Times, 20 May 2022
• Once back home, Yazzie has her son refill a cistern in the family’s yard.
  — Tyrone Beason, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2024
• The kitchen area includes a mini fridge and freezer, a two burner propane stove/oven, and a small sink that pumps water from a small cistern.
  — Kelly Corbett, House Beautiful, 13 July 2020
• Buffalo Bayou Partnership keeps about a foot-and-a-half of water in the bottom of the cistern.
  — Jennifer Billock, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Dec. 2021
• The cistern is completely closed off from the neighborhood water supply and has been for a while.
  — Emily Deletter, The Enquirer, 24 June 2022
• In a flood, the full cisterns can wait to release their loads until the District’s wastewater pipes have been drained of storm water elsewhere.
  — John Muyskens, Washington Post, 19 Dec. 2023
• All morning there had been fear that the city water man, who had been filling their 2,000-liter cistern off the books, had forgotten them.
  — Terrence McCoy, Washington Post, 25 June 2021
• Consider adding rain barrels or cisterns to capture and store water for the dry times.
  — Tom MacCubbin, OrlandoSentinel.com, 27 May 2017
• The apartments were originally where the servants cooked, did laundry, at one time there was a cistern in the basement.
  — courant.com, 11 Dec. 2020
• The archeologists weren't able to do a full excavation of the cistern.
  — Janelle Walker, Elgin Courier-News, 30 Mar. 2018
• Its extensive native landscaping will use water from a cistern that captures rain.
  — Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 12 July 2024
• Eventually, though, as new technology replaced older methods of water storage, the cistern was forgotten.
  — Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 July 2024

Last Updated: 26 Oct 2024