How to Use cistern in a Sentence

cistern

noun

• The household might pull just half a foot from the cistern per month.
  — Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 2 Mar. 2026
• The cistern was about 7 or 8 feet deep and the elk couldn't get out.
  — Olivia Dimmer, OregonLive.com, 16 Aug. 2017
• One of the hunters jumped into the cistern to try to rescue it.
  — Skye Seipp, USA TODAY, 10 Aug. 2023
• Some drank water from wells, some from cisterns, some from mountain streams.
  — Durrie Bouscaren, NPR, 28 Feb. 2026
• The town relies on tanker shuttles and also has a few cisterns in town.
  — Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 18 Aug. 2025
• There’s a water cistern on our property that was built for cattle drives.
  — Adam Carlson, People.com, 14 Jan. 2025
• There were strong fumes, similar to those of a septic tank, coming from the cistern.
  — Nikki Dobrin, Peoplemag, 12 Aug. 2023
• The cisterns were located on a platform at least 10 feet above the roof.
  — Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 28 Oct. 2023
• What with pumping and hauling, filling the cistern’s a two-hour job even with Sid’s help.
  — Lizz Schumer, People.com, 15 Jan. 2025
• Lam was found in one of the four cisterns that provided guests with water for washing and drinking.
  — Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 28 Oct. 2023
• Consider adding rain barrels or cisterns to capture and store water for the dry times.
  — Tom MacCubbin, OrlandoSentinel.com, 27 May 2017
• Once back home, Yazzie has her son refill a cistern in the family’s yard.
  — Tyrone Beason, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2024
• Consider adding rain barrels or cisterns to capture and store water for dry times.
  — Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 May 2026
• One purchased by Jake Wagner matched the brand found in the cistern.
  — The Enquirer, 21 Oct. 2022
• Direct water from your roof’s downspouts to capture rainfall and store in a cistern.
  — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Dec. 2023
• From there, the water was either stored in a cistern or exited the house through the sewer system.
  — Reuben Saltzman, Star Tribune, 6 Oct. 2020
• The cistern is completely closed off from the neighborhood water supply and has been for a while.
  — Emily Deletter, The Enquirer, 24 June 2022
• Many refugees from the hotel, including Pugh, took refuge behind its cistern.
  — Erick Trickey, Smithsonian, 4 Jan. 2017
• Where a cistern once hid beneath the floor to collect rainwater, an outdoor pool now glimmers.
  — Carley Rojas Ávila, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
• Or homeowners may install rain barrels or even cisterns in their cellars to store storm water till the threat has passed.
  — Cornelia Dean, New York Times, 8 July 2019
• The homeowners were happy to let the team drain their massive pool and build out the cult’s requisite cistern atop it.
  — Rachel Davies, Architectural Digest, 3 July 2024
• Connect downspout cisterns either above or below ground.
  — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Dec. 2025
• The kitchen area includes a mini fridge and freezer, a two burner propane stove/oven, and a small sink that pumps water from a small cistern.
  — Kelly Corbett, House Beautiful, 13 July 2020
• Then, the cherries’ flesh is removed, and the remaining seeds — known widely as beans — go to a cistern to ferment.
  — New York Times, 20 May 2022
• The function of a steam fire engine was to pump water out of a cistern, a river or a lake with enough force to reach the top of the tallest building.
  — Arthur Hart, idahostatesman, 15 July 2017
• Visitors follow a walkway wrapped around the edge of the cistern, near the top of the 25-foot-tall columns.
  — Jennifer Billock, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Dec. 2021
• The archeologists weren't able to do a full excavation of the cistern.
  — Janelle Walker, Elgin Courier-News, 30 Mar. 2018
• The apartments were originally where the servants cooked, did laundry, at one time there was a cistern in the basement.
  — courant.com, 11 Dec. 2020
• The building's dirt floors were being excavated to prepare for concrete when the cistern was found.
  — Janelle Walker, Elgin Courier-News, 30 Mar. 2018
• However, the water level in the cistern was eight feel below the ground and too low for the three people or the dog to reach the opening.
  — David Matthews New York Daily News (tns), al, 11 Aug. 2023