indoor plumbing
noun
: a system of pipes that supply water to the inside of a building
The cottage has electricity but no indoor plumbing.
Examples of indoor plumbing in a Sentence
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The hideout is equipped with a kitchen, indoor plumbing, UNRWA-stamped, as well as millions of shekels and dollars inside a safe.
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Bradford Betz, Fox News, 13 Feb. 2024
Lawyers representing Pye also wrote in court filings that their client was raised in extreme poverty in a home without indoor plumbing or access to sufficient food, shoes or clothing.
—CBS News, 20 Mar. 2024
That allows most – but not all – Americans to have indoor plumbing and reasonably safe drinking water.
—Jen Christensen, CNN, 20 Feb. 2024
Lee grew up in the '60s and '70s on the reservation during a time when his family had no indoor plumbing, and water was hauled in.
—Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 18 Jan. 2024
Today average family income is over $76,000 and nearly every home has indoor plumbing, several phones and more than one car.
—Jeff Hewitt, Orange County Register, 11 Feb. 2024
Now would be the time to make sure your indoor plumbing is ready for the cold weather.
—Leo Bertucci, The Courier-Journal, 13 Jan. 2024
Clean running water had the secondary benefit of enabling more manufacturing, especially in the textile sector, and indoor plumbing freed women from the drudgery of carrying fresh water into their homes and dirty water out of them.
—Thomas J. Bollyky, Foreign Affairs, 26 Sep. 2018
Our story was like many on the reservation: no running water, indoor plumbing or electricity.
—George R. Joe, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2023
Bradford Betz, Fox News, 13 Feb. 2024
Lawyers representing Pye also wrote in court filings that their client was raised in extreme poverty in a home without indoor plumbing or access to sufficient food, shoes or clothing.
—CBS News, 20 Mar. 2024
That allows most – but not all – Americans to have indoor plumbing and reasonably safe drinking water.
—Jen Christensen, CNN, 20 Feb. 2024
Lee grew up in the '60s and '70s on the reservation during a time when his family had no indoor plumbing, and water was hauled in.
—Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 18 Jan. 2024
Today average family income is over $76,000 and nearly every home has indoor plumbing, several phones and more than one car.
—Jeff Hewitt, Orange County Register, 11 Feb. 2024
Now would be the time to make sure your indoor plumbing is ready for the cold weather.
—Leo Bertucci, The Courier-Journal, 13 Jan. 2024
Clean running water had the secondary benefit of enabling more manufacturing, especially in the textile sector, and indoor plumbing freed women from the drudgery of carrying fresh water into their homes and dirty water out of them.
—Thomas J. Bollyky, Foreign Affairs, 26 Sep. 2018
Our story was like many on the reservation: no running water, indoor plumbing or electricity.
—George R. Joe, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2023
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“Indoor plumbing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/indoor%20plumbing. Accessed 27 Apr. 2024.
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