Running-water Sentence Examples

The sound of running water from the bathroom proclaimed that Katie was taking a shower.

It is, however, not the action of the running water on the land, but the function exercised by the land on the running water, that is considered here to be the special province of geography.

There is no forest, timber of any size being found only in the valleys near running water.

The neighbourhood of running water (for baptisms) is essential.

It is a remarkable fact that, except in the island of Andros, no streams of running water are to be found in the whole group. The inhabitants derive their water supply from wells.

The chief drawback to farming in the midland and upper districts is the considerable proportion of stony ground, and, in some cases, the lack of running water.

But as he was unacquainted with the law of the velocities of running water as depending upon the depth of the orifice, the want of precision which appears in his results is not surprising.

The effects of friction and viscosity in diminishing the velocity of running water were noticed in the Principia of Sir Isaac Newton, who threw much light upon several branches of hydromechanics.

The theory of running water was greatly advanced by the researches of Gaspard Riche de Prony (1755-1839).

From a collection of the best experiments by previous workers he selected eighty-two (fifty-one on the velocity of water in conduit pipes, and thirty-one on its velocity in open canals); and, discussing these on physical and mechanical principles, he succeeded in drawing up general formulae, which afforded a simple expression for the velocity of running water.

But fertile fields and running water made it attractive; and outsiders gradually came in.

A little vegetation is met with in the stream valleys, but most of the rivers marked on the map have ceased to show running water in their lower courses.

The water must in ritual washings run off in order to carry away the miasma or unseen demon of disease; and accordingly in baptism the early Christians used living or running water.

With a distinct entrance from the outer court was the kitchen court (F), with its buttery, scullery and larder, and the important adjunct of a stream of running water.

The males of the Sericostomatidae have two or three segmented palps; their larvae inhabit running water and make cases of grains of sand, or of small stones.

The park is celebrated for the multitude of its nightingales, and is usually filled with the sound of running water from several fountains and cascades.

There is no lack of fertile soil, and the climate is moist enough to make up for the absence of running water.

All are narrow in comparison with their length, which is not infrequently magnified to view when two lakes are connected by a very short stretch of running water with a navigable fall of a few feet, such as those between Hornafvan, Uddjaur and Storafvan on the Skellefte river.

The chief characteristics of the Karroo are the absence of running water during a great part of the year and the consequent parched aspect of the country.

The rocky sides are finely marked with waves and ripples, as if running water had suddenly been petrified.

The Teaching of the Apostles, c. loo, merely insists on "living," that is, clear and running water.

Either because running water was not always at hand, or as part of the growing tendency of the church to multiply ceremonies, rituals arose late in the 3rd century for consecrating water.

The flat and round-topped hills (kopjes), which are very numerous on the various plateaus, scarcely afford relief to the eye, which searches the sun-scorched landscape, usually in vain, for running water.

Where no running water is available for irrigation, water is often obtained from wells by means of waterwheels (nones) of simple construction.

The terramara, in spite of local differences, is of typical form; it is a settlement, trapezoidal in form, built upon piles on dry land protected by an earthwork strengthened on the inside by buttresses, and encircled by a wide moat supplied with running water.

Needle stick injuries Allow all puncture injuries to bleed freely and then wash under running water using soap or a hand cleanser.

Simply pour a small amount under running water to add the relaxing fragrance of the Bath Gel range.

Clean wound with running water or with antiseptic lotion, don't use iodine or alcohol.

You can also reduce the salt content of tinned pulses and veg by draining and rinsing them under running water.

Has the action of running water or the sea formed this deep ravine?

The water was made from interior filler which was lightly textured to give the effect of running water.

The sound of running water over a terracotta urn complete this garden.

A washbasin shall be provided in each separate water closet together with its own supplies of hot and cold running water.

These were in decaying and over-crowded tenements without running water or adequate sanitation, buildings actually collapsing because of neglect from rack-renting landlords.

Because of the sewer fiasco, we were without running water for three days.

After your infant has a bowel movement, it is best to clean your baby with dry or water-moistened wipes, and then carry your infant over to the sink so you can wash his bottom under warm running water.

I told my clients they would not have to worry about water every three hours as this will hold a full day's worth of running water.

Rinse the basil under cool running water.

While standing in the kitchen after dinner, try grabbing a sponge with some soap and start making tiny little clockwise circles in the sink as you emulsify the bubbles under soft running water.

Be sure to thoroughly rinse under running water.

You may wish to hold the jewelry underneath warm running water as you massage the toothpaste into the jewelry.

If running water is not available or you want to preserve your clean water supply for drinking, use a gel hand sanitizer instead.

Although the flowing blood flushes debris from the wound, running water should also be used to rinse away dirt.

They should be taught how to wash their hands vigorously, covering both the front and back of each hand with soap and rinsing thoroughly under running water.

Females also may use running water to stimulate the vulva or insert fingers or a hard object into the vagina.

Wash the mushrooms under cool running water.

It's important to note that while rinsing the rice is essential to removing any unwanted pesticides, the running water will also wash away most of the soluble vitamins from the grains.

Use the brush and some running water to thoroughly clean each cutting wheel and the housing.

Separate the cutting wheel from the shield screen and clean both parts using the brush and running water.

Pull the wick tight and straight, and hold under cold running water for a few seconds.

Activities reported on this site include running water in a house that has been abandoned and thus has had its utilities cut off.

Add a capful of gentle liquid detergent to the running water.

Add a teaspoon of gentle liquid laundry detergent to the running water.

Add a tablespoon of gentle laundry detergent to the running water.

The tasks of cooking and cleaning was even more difficult by the fact that the children had no indoor running water and had to get buckets of water from water pumps outside.

Rinse the soapy mix from the wound by placing it under running water.

She closed her eyes and resurrected the sound of whippoorwills and running water.

As they approached, the sound of running water welcomed them.

She shouted her conversation over the sound of running water.

The sound of running water in the next room told Dean that daylight had finally arrived and Cynthia Byrne was up and around.

She was running water into the skillet to let it soak when Alex came up behind her.

Probably some run down shack without electricity or running water - and how much of the 40 acres was vertical?

An interesting confirmation of Dorpfeld's view is furnished by the map of Guillet and Coronelli, published in 1672, in which the Enneacrunus is depicted as a well with a stream of running water in the neighbourhood of the Pnyx.

The climate is by nature unhealthy, the supply of running water being small, and that of stagnant water, from which arises a fatal malaria, being considerable.

There is running water all the year.