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.
  • The app will tell you when the reservoir is ready for a refill.
    Medea Giordano, WIRED, 11 Apr. 2024
  • The process for refilling the reservoir will take place over the next few months, the city said.
    Li Cohen, CBS News, 21 Mar. 2024
  • Gill said the campground is the only one of the six at the reservoir that is open year-round.
    Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 31 Jan. 2024
  • The reservoir stores about 30% of the drinking water for the Seattle metro area.
    Paradise Afshar, CNN, 1 Sep. 2023
  • That’s not the case with smaller reservoirs in the San Joaquin Valley.
    Jack Lee, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 Apr. 2023
  • Lake Mead, the largest reservoir of the United States, is downstream.
    Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Aug. 2023
  • With the loss of the dam and reservoir, harvests are likely to shrink further.
    Susanne Wengle, Fortune, 8 July 2023
  • Due to severe drought, the reservoir is at its lowest since 1937 when the lake was first filled.
    Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 19 Oct. 2022
  • The reservoir and frother are dishwasher-safe, which is a nice touch.
    Rennie Dyball, Peoplemag, 14 Nov. 2022
  • Peak bloom is defined as the point when 70 percent of the blossoms along the Tidal Basin — the reservoir on the Mall — have flowered.
    Karina Elwood, Washington Post, 29 Feb. 2024
  • They are watered by 50 reservoirs on which the names of the victims are engraved.
    Amy Bradford, Architectural Digest, 30 Sep. 2024
  • Fill the reservoir with equal parts white vinegar and water.
    Lauren Smith McDonough, Good Housekeeping, 19 Dec. 2022
  • There appears to be no end to the reservoir of Presley content.
    Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2023
  • Most bodies have some reservoirs to burn and thus time to find food to start eating again.
    Christine Peterson, Outdoor Life, 29 Nov. 2023
  • The water held by it forms Shasta Lake, a reservoir north of Redding.
    Phil Helsel, NBC News, 23 Feb. 2024
  • The reservoir holds about half the amount of the pitcher base, so after two quick fills under the tap, the pitcher was ready to pour out or chill in the fridge.
    Julie Laing, Verywell Health, 15 Aug. 2023
  • The carafe and water reservoir and lid can be cleaned with a damp soapy cloth and the machine should be descaled every three to six months.
    Terri Williams, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Dec. 2022
  • Many of these systems do not come with a water reservoir.
    Cody Godwin, USA TODAY, 1 July 2024
  • Most were in freshwater sources, such as lakes and reservoirs.
    Li Cohen, CBS News, 18 July 2023
  • All of that snow melted in the spring and summer, filling rushing rivers and reservoirs.
    Adam Beam, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Oct. 2023
  • Pieces of the fragile specimen were first found in the 1980s by boaters on the shore of New Mexico's largest reservoir.
    CBS News, 11 Jan. 2024
  • The bathtub ring of light minerals shows the high water mark of the reservoir which has fallen to record lows.
    The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 Oct. 2022
  • Those storms, and the melting snow, also filled reservoirs around the state, many of which remain at high levels now.
    Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2024
  • The dam’s destruction killed dozens, partly drained the reservoir next to the power plant and flooded the Dnieper River basin.
    Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 6 July 2023
  • The trooper, according to the legal notice, beat Valarie and tried to drown her in the reservoir.
    Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune, 6 Dec. 2022
  • There's also a slim rectangular water reservoir built into the side of the machine.
    Anthony Karcz, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
  • Early the next morning, a motorcyclist discovered Hilbert’s body near a reservoir south of Riverside.
    Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 5 Oct. 2024

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