Examples of drainpipe in a Sentence
our drainpipe is always getting clogged with leaves
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Authorities eventually find tickets with House's name and fingerprints in an outdoor drainpipe, indicating that House will likely be charged with vandalism and return to jail.
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Jessica Sager, PEOPLE, 16 Nov. 2025
Peels can create a huge mess in the drainpipes down the road.
—Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 21 Aug. 2025
The rattlesnake named Gertrude, or Gertie, took shelter in the opening of a drainpipe earlier this summer and gave birth around late July or early August at the University of Michigan’s Matthaei Botanical Gardens, the Detroit Free Press previously reported.
—Darcie Moran, Freep.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Babita watched the laborers’ children playing astride a tunnel drainpipe, made steady by a heap of sand, as their parents worked.
—Kiran Desai, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2025
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Jessica Sager, PEOPLE, 16 Nov. 2025
Peels can create a huge mess in the drainpipes down the road.
—Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 21 Aug. 2025
The rattlesnake named Gertrude, or Gertie, took shelter in the opening of a drainpipe earlier this summer and gave birth around late July or early August at the University of Michigan’s Matthaei Botanical Gardens, the Detroit Free Press previously reported.
—Darcie Moran, Freep.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Babita watched the laborers’ children playing astride a tunnel drainpipe, made steady by a heap of sand, as their parents worked.
—Kiran Desai, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2025
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“Drainpipe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drainpipe. Accessed 2 Dec. 2025.
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drainpipe
noun
drain·pipe
ˈdrān-ˌpīp 
: a pipe for drainage
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