How to Use standpipe in a Sentence

standpipe

noun
Definition of standpipenext
Synonyms for standpipenext
  • The standpipes are like hedges, and the hydrants are like city grass.
    — Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2019
  • The city did so via a standpipe a few miles from the community.
    — Sasha Hupka, USA TODAY, 19 Jan. 2023
  • Each of the holes features an aluminum standpipe that rises a foot or so above the deck.
    — Steve Hoffman / Forum News Service, Twin Cities, 22 June 2019
  • Laundry room Check for leaks around the standpipe — the thruway where water discharges from the washing machine — and make sure the drain hose hasn’t come loose.
    — Jerica Pender, Washington Post, 27 June 2023
  • There are no pipes that go all the way to Rio Verde Foothills, so the standpipe serves as the primary way to get water close to the community.
    — Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 19 Jan. 2023
  • Clean the washing machine standpipe and the P-trap underneath.
    — Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 16 May 2022
  • The water issue was solved decades ago with standpipe systems.
    — Teri Webster, Dallas News, 24 Aug. 2021
  • Johnson cut access to the spigot, called a standpipe, for Myers and all his customers.
    — Ryan Randazzo, The Arizona Republic, 8 July 2022
  • The city did so via a standpipe a few miles from the community near the intersection of Jomax and Pima roads.
    — Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 19 Jan. 2023
  • Firefighters turned on the water, only to discover that the standpipe had been cut, leaving their hoses dry.
    — Justin Davidson, Daily Intelligencer, 14 June 2018
  • And try pouring a combination of white vinegar and baking soda down the standpipe.
    — Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 23 May 2022
  • Water haulers were allowed to fill up tanks at stations in Scottsdale and water was able to run through a standpipe because Rio Verde Foothills does not have its own water reservoir.
    — Bymary Kekatos, ABC News, 17 Jan. 2023
  • Fire hydrants and standpipes occupy a special, warm place in the Chast imagination.
    — Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2019
  • But more than 500 homeowners rely strictly on truck haulers to deliver water from a standpipe in Scottsdale.
    — Deon J. Hampton, NBC News, 17 Nov. 2022
  • After winning that standpipe battle, Myers lost a bid for the Arizona Legislature in 2018.
    — Ryan Randazzo, The Arizona Republic, 8 July 2022
  • After learning about the leak, Falaschi allegedly told a water district employee to install a new gate inside the standpipe, which could be opened and closed on demand, the document stated.
    — Gregory Yeestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2022
  • The wooden plumbing supplied timber-tasting water to residents who could either fill their buckets for free at a public standpipe or pay $5 a year to connect directly to faucets in their yards or kitchens.
    — Steve Hendrix, Washington Post, 6 May 2017
  • One, water will be delivered through household taps, instead of communal standpipes.
    — David Taylor, Quartz India, 8 Apr. 2020
  • Fallen trees blocked roads, causing traffic snarls, and residents lined up with buckets to collect water from public standpipes, television video showed.
    — USA TODAY, 24 Aug. 2017
  • Find your washing machine’s discharge hose, which is probably emptying into a nearby standpipe or utility sink.
    — Malia Wollan, New York Times, 6 July 2021
  • Yellow indicates a connection to a combination sprinkler and standpipe system.
    — Keith Williams, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2018
  • Kolodin's current version, specifically designed to garner bipartisan support, endeavors to create a new type of government entity called a standpipe district that could enter into agreements to help Rio Verde Foothills get water.
    — Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 16 May 2023

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