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• The sewer burst, and a tide of sewage poured into nearby properties.From the entry tide
• There was a blockage in the sewer, so we called out the plumber.From the entry blockage
• Recycled sewer water is opposed by many sanitation agencies due to the yuck factor.From the entry yuck factor
• Back then, the digging of sewers was done largely by day men with shovels and picks.From the entry day man
• Along the street ran an open sewer.From the entry open
• The plumber came to fix the sewer hookup.From the entry hookup
• The sewer reclogged due to debris in the runoff.From the entry reclog
• If we don't spend money to maintain our infrastructure, such as roads, bridges, water mains, sewers, and electrical grids, then it will begin to fail us.From the entry infrastructure
• Sewer grates, straining under the weight of quarter water bottles and wrappers from cheap snacks and cakes.2014, Miss Sixx, 15th & East Capitol, →ISBN, page 69. From the entry bus pass
• The rich sewer gases fugged around her and she shook her head, trying to clear it.2013, Tom Pollock, The Glass Republic: The Skyscraper Throne, →ISBN. From the entry fug
• "Smells like a sewer." "It's called Phallus impudicus, the witch's egg.2013 September 10, Elva Thompson, Heartstar: Book One: the Key Made of Air, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 105. From the entry witch's egg
• The cellulose and gel diaper stuffing is washed, shredded and flushed down the sewer.1990 January 25, “Procter & Gamble launches effort to recycle disposables”, in The Hamilton Spectator, page 24. From the entry diaper stuffing
• I am present engaged in fishing for tosh in the sewers of Blastburn.1974, Joan Aiken, Midnight is a Place, page 164. From the entry tosh
• The late Morris Hillquit of New York City scoffingly called Hoan’s politics sewer socialism.[1938, Forum and Column Review, volume 100, page 192. From the entry sewer socialism
• So-called bluebelts in the city connect storm sewers to lakes and ponds, conveying excess water to these natural holding areas.2023 July 15, Hilary Howard, “New York Is Preparing for More Floods. Will It Be Enough?”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New…. From the entry bluebelt
• Suzhou Creek was little more than an open sewer for decades as its murky waters coursed through the heart of Shanghai.2021 June 1, Keith Bradsher, “China’s Concrete Jungles Make Room for Green Space”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the…. From the entry Suzhou Creek
• Thames Water said it had taken longer to clear than expected because of the damage it caused to the sewer.2017 November 3, “‘Victory declared’ over 130 tonne Whitechapel fatberg”, in BBC News, archived from the original on 18 Mar 2018. From the entry fatberg
• Ieva Reklaityke’s work in Kalamazoo on sewers unclogged my mind, Martha Bayless’s latrinal insights were pleasantly pungent, and Kevin J.2015, Susan Signe Morrison, The Literature of Waste, acknowledgements. From the entry latrinal
• “When he wakes up I want him followed to whatever sewer he crawled out of!” Primo slobbered commands.2014, Dorothy Davies, Dangerous Dreams, →ISBN, page 168. From the entry rat-fuck
• East of the sewer outlet was “Soapsuds Row,” which was a collection of huts, old tents, picket houses, and dugouts.2013, Wilbur Sturtevant Nye, Carbine and Lance: The Story of Old Fort Sill. From the entry picket house
• Ironically, one cause of sewer service is overly stringent requirements that the process server serve the defendant individually, in hand, personally.2012, David Crump, Cases and Materials on Civil Procedure. From the entry sewer service
• Golam Kibria was found floating through a sluice gate in a nearby sewer Monday morning, bringing the death toll to 74.2009 March 2, “After the Mutiny, Questions About Bangladesh's Army”, in Time. From the entry sluice gate
• The head of the sewer rooter looked like something an alien would use to bore into your skull.2007, Scot Gardner, The Legend of Kevin the Plumber. From the entry rooter
• Stories about alligators in the sewers have been of particular interest, however, to Forteans (followers of Charles Fort).1996, Loren Coleman, “Alligators in the Sewers”, in Gillian Bennett, Paul Smith, editors, Contemporary Legend: A Reader (New Perspectives…. From the entry fortean
• A third CORE investigation revealed additional evidence of sewer service.1992, A. Leon Levin, Cases and materials on civil procedure, page 18. From the entry sewer service
• They could be heard shouting jocosely to one another across the street: "Bon sewer, monsewer!" "Au reservoir!" Jack thought.1917, McClure's Magazine ..., volume 50, S. S. McClure, Limited. From the entry au reservoir
• The sewer was then stanked off at both sides of the passage by brickwork and its reconstruction commenced.1912, W. Hemming Jones, “The Brocklebank Dock Improvements on the Mersey Dock Estate”, in Transactions of the Liverpool Engineering…. From the entry stank
• Matt Hartman, a partner at Betaworks Ventures, appreciated how Buttigieg brought that data-driven mindset to municipal matters, such as the South Bend sewer system.2019 July 30, Julia Carrie Wong, “Young, Ivy League and data-driven: why venture capitalists love Pete Buttigieg”, in The Guardian. From the entry Buttigieg
• And that, together with the inherent yuckiness of the subject, means that many old sewers have been neglected and are in dire need of repair.2014 June 14, “It's a gas”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8891. From the entry subject
• That's what makes this medium so great — quilters, sewers, mixed-media artists, and collagers can join bookmakers on common ground while maintaining their unique perspectives.2008, Lesley Riley, Fabric Memory Books: Techniques, Projects, Inspiration. From the entry collager
• And you had to marry that yenta West Side broad from a family of ward politicians and punchboard gamblers of candy-store kikes and sewer inspectors.1976 September, Saul Bellow, Humboldt’s Gift, New York, N.Y.: Avon Books, →ISBN, page 201. From the entry yenta
• What amount, in cubic feet, would there be in Port Huron for one year, of fecal and urinal discharge into the sewers?1903, In the Supreme Court of the United States: The State of Missouri vs. the State of Illinois and the Sanitary District of Chicago…. From the entry urinal
• That’s because London has been so dry since the sewer was connected in February that engineers haven’t been able to fully test whether it works as intended.2025 November 7, Adam Vaughan, “Why London’s ‘supersewer’ is desperately in need of a downpour. The Thames Tideway is designed to prevent…. From the entry hosepipe
• The unidentified youngster tossed the lit firecrackers into a sewer on a lawn in Zizhong county in Sichuan, southwestern China, on January 30, then ran away.2025 February 9, Alice Yan, “China boy behind firecracker sewer blast that destroys luxury cars faces US$39,000 claim”, in South China…. From the entry Zizhong
• Abe spotted a troll girl (a trollette) doing her laundry in the open mouth of a huge sewer pipe and having a good old sing-song to herself.2018, The Nothing to See Here Hotel, page 14. From the entry trollette
• And Tietelbaum has been bought and sold so many times by the dark Republican powers that be, look at the prisonguard beating trial and the Ventura County sewer fiasco.1997, Gary Indiana, Resentment: A comedy, New York: Anchor Books, published 1998, →ISBN, →OL, page 170. From the entry prison guard

Meaning of sewer

1. noun A pipe or channel, or system of pipes or channels, used to remove human waste and to provide drainage.
2. verb To provide (a place) with a system of sewers.
3. noun An official in charge of a princely household, also responsible for the ceremonial task of attending at dinners, seating the guests and serving dishes.

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Questions about sewer in a sentence

How do you use sewer in a sentence?

Sewer is used as a noun and verb. For example: “There was a blockage in the sewer after an item of clothing was flushed down the toilet.”

What is a short sentence with sewer?

“the apple-leaf sewer, Ancylis nubeculana”

What does sewer mean?

Sewer means a pipe or channel, or system of pipes or channels, used to remove human waste and to provide drainage.