How to Use sprinkler system in a Sentence

sprinkler system

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  • The library was built in 1953 and doesn’t have a sprinkler system.
    — Fox News, 20 Feb. 2020
  • Police said the blaze was big enough to set off fire alarms and a sprinkler system.
    — oregonlive, 19 Aug. 2020
  • The shop’s floors were flooded with water from the sprinkler system, which put out the fire.
    — Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 7 June 2024
  • More on that here at that time. • Check your sprinkler system.
    — Neil Sperry, star-telegram, 9 Mar. 2018
  • There didn’t seem to be much in the way of a functioning sprinkler system.
    — Jami Attenberg, The New Yorker, 27 Dec. 2021
  • Thankfully, the sprinkler system did go off to put out the fire.
    — Andrew Joseph, For The Win, 30 May 2018
  • One of the first major buildings to have a sprinkler system.
    — Cnn Editorial Research, CNN, 22 July 2021
  • Shut the backflow valve and then open the manual drain valve on the sprinkler system.
    — Timothy Dahl, Popular Mechanics, 16 Sep. 2019
  • This meant that a full sprinkler system had to be installed throughout the home.
    — Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 1 Feb. 2024
  • Two rooms were set up then set on fire, one with a sprinkler system and one without.
    — Hank Beckman, Chicago Tribune, 4 Oct. 2022
  • The building’s sprinkler system wasn’t yet turned on, and didn’t have to be, the department said.
    — Laura Kusisto, WSJ, 17 Aug. 2017
  • In-ground sprinkler systems should be drained and pipes above ground should be covered.
    — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 26 Apr. 2023
  • The air was heavy with smoke, and the garage was flooded from the sprinkler system and water streaming from burst pipes in the ceiling.
    — Journal Sentinel, 17 Jan. 2024
  • Horwich said the building was built in 1969 and wasn't required to have a sprinkler system due to its age.
    — CBS News, 27 Nov. 2019
  • Horwich said the building was built in 1969 and wasn’t required to have a sprinkler system due to its age.
    — Amy Forlini, Fox News, 29 Nov. 2019
  • Back in the '60s, the estate had a private gas pump, and the sprinkler system was designed to draw from an artesian well.
    — Taysha Murtaugh, Country Living, 8 July 2017
  • Just look at the Atlanta metro area to see the consequence of sprinkler systems gone wild.
    — Steve Bender, Southern Living, 15 May 2024
  • The building, which was built in 1961, does not have a sprinkler system and is not required to because of its age.
    — CBS News, 29 Jan. 2020
  • The public library — built in 1953 — did not have a sprinkler system.
    — Jonathan Vigliotti, CBS News, 19 Feb. 2020
  • None of the buildings involved had a fire sprinkler system.
    — Gilbert Garcia, San Antonio Express-News, 10 Feb. 2018
  • The rain brought out the rainmaking, and the ceiling for the campaign was raised to $26.8 million to pay for a new sprinkler system in case of fire.
    — Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 May 2023
  • Fortunately, the club's sprinkler system kicked in and put out the fire.
    — Chris Riemenschneider, Star Tribune, 4 July 2021
  • Tuesday will also be the day to drain all above ground sprinkler systems.
    — Sam Tabachnik, The Denver Post, 8 Oct. 2019
  • Though a sprinkler system was in place when the fire began, nobody had bothered to hook it up to the water main on the street.
    — Robert Klara, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 June 2023
  • That was taken care of by the building’s sprinkler system.
    — Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Jan. 2024
  • One or more inmates then broke the sprinkler system, causing the library to flood.
    — Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 1 Sep. 2023
  • The fields which have built-in sprinkler systems are lush and green, but the grass on the other side of the fences is not and the drought conditions have damaged much of it.
    — Steven Goode, courant.com, 22 July 2019
  • It was built in 1971, before the city required condos to have a sprinkler system.
    — Washington Post, 1 Feb. 2020
  • Cold-winter gardeners should turn off the sprinkler system by the end of October and flush out the hose and sprinkler system to prevent freeze damage.
    — Michelle Ullman, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Sep. 2024
  • In Stehekin, residents and firefighting crews have cut containment lines along the town’s eastern edge and set up sprinkler systems fed by the lake.
    — Evan Bush, NBC News, 2 Aug. 2024

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