drainpipes

How to use drainpipes in a sentence

• The drainpipes from the roof have decayed to such a degree that in some instances as little as a quarter of the pipe remains.

  The Pivot of Civilization | Margaret Sanger

• Its drainpipes, and not its glorification of the individual, got into his brain.

  Iconoclasts | James Huneker

• In the course of time they reach the quiet upper reaches of the river or go up rivulets and drainpipes to the isolated ponds.

  The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) | J. Arthur Thomson

• Thirdly, it must be perfectly ventilated—not the drainpipes merely,—but the room itself in summer and in winter.

  The House that Jill Built | E. C. Gardner

• The overflow and waste run into cast-iron drainpipes, which should be employed till outside the building.

  The Turkish Bath | Robert Owen Allsop