How to Use water pipe in a Sentence

water pipe

noun

• The flooding was caused by a broken water pipe.
• The water pipes in the kitchen and bathroom were exposed.
  — Mosab Abu Toha, The New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2023
• Both of the city water pipe lines from the Otay dam have also been swept away.
  — sandiegouniontribune.com, 28 Jan. 2018
• The price of a foot of water pipe in Tucson, Arizona: up 19%.
  — Michael Casey, Fortune, 19 June 2022
• The best shower of my life took place 100 miles from the nearest water pipe.
  — Kelly Bastone, Outside Online, 22 May 2021
• Roughly half of the water pipes in the towns surveyed were at least 40 years old, the Tribune found.
  — Patrick M. O'Connell, chicagotribune.com, 9 Jan. 2018
• Repair leaking faucets, water pipes and AC units on the outside of the home.
  — Leah Napoliello, Houston Chronicle, 20 May 2018
• The source of the leak was a faulty water pipe running between two buildings.
  — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 17 Mar. 2023
• Who needs to die before the water pipe on the Seward Highway is shut down?
  — Alaska Dispatch News, 17 July 2017
• If the pressure in your water pipes is too high, a pipe — or your blood vessel — might burst.
  — Angela Roberts, Baltimore Sun, 7 Aug. 2024
• Though lead has been banned from water pipes since 1986, many of the country's homes were built before that year.
  — Devika Rao, theweek, 17 Apr. 2024
• The big water pipes that stuck out of the concrete foundations seemed to trumpet a new age.
  — Rick Steves, Chicago Tribune, 11 July 2023
• Or, sometimes its a matter of fixing things on the fly, such as one year when a water pipe burst.
  — Colin Stutz, Billboard, 15 Mar. 2018
• The water pipes in the area also appear to have been less than optimum.
  — Mari A. Schaefer, Philly.com, 15 Dec. 2017
• The large flagstone floor was warmed by a grid of hot-water pipes, the water heated by a large stone fireplace.
  — Smith Henderson, Popular Mechanics, 11 Jan. 2017
• On one ranch, fire destroyed more than nine miles of plastic water pipe.
  — Andrew J. Whelton, The Conversation, 13 Aug. 2024
• Lavi held on to a water pipe outside the window, and survived in the -4 degree weather.
  — Laignee Barron, Time, 1 Feb. 2018
• Lead in water pipes has been a major issue in many cities in recent years.
  — John Myers, Twin Cities, 4 Nov. 2019
• According to Ace, staff went back to her property and found a break in a water pipe.
  — Karen Brainard, Ramona Sentinel, 6 Oct. 2017
• As the tremors caused water pipes to burst, Hanyu, then just 16, reportedly rushed off the ice with no time to even put skate guards on his blades.
  — Laignee Barron, Time, 7 Feb. 2018
• The filter screen is located where the shower head connects to the water pipe.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 7 Jan. 2024
• The pond is fed by a storm-water pipe from nearby roadways and is not normally used by bathers.
  — Frank Kummer, https://www.inquirer.com, 4 June 2019
• There’s Armilla, a city made only of water pipes, with no walls, ceilings or floors.
  — Steven Litt, cleveland, 6 Oct. 2019
• Such a coating could help prevent frozen cars, airplane wings, water pipes, and much more.
  — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 2 Feb. 2020
• Any dirt or noise could prompt a call to City Hall, and a single busted water pipe could ruin a Degas.
  — Burkhard Bilger, The New Yorker, 23 Nov. 2020
• The toxic metal has been found in food products, water pipes, drinkware and cookware.
  — Devika Rao, theweek, 17 Apr. 2024
• It is suspected the spill was caused when a frozen water pipe in the building burst and washed some chemicals into the storm drain.
  — Keith Matheny, Detroit Free Press, 23 Feb. 2024
• This toxic metal has been banned from water pipes since 1986, but many homes were built before that.
  — Pien Huang, NPR, 1 Apr. 2024
• Water poured into the building for three days due to a broken water pipe, said Thomas, who lives upstairs from the shop.
  — Maxine Bernstein, OregonLive.com, 22 Oct. 2017
• All across sub-Saharan Africa, anyone trying to do business is constantly stymied by power cuts, impassable roads, and leaky water pipes.
  — Shantayanan Devarajan, Foreign Affairs, 1 May 2013

Last Updated: 8 Dec 2024