What is "sprinklers"

Usage examples of "sprinklers".

I stared out the window and as I watched, the sprinklers kicked on, shooting up cones of spray all over the lawn.

And when we saw you going for the sprinklers, Ricky turned the system off.

She hopped the fence at the end of my backyard, and is probably scrambling around in the brush on the slope that goes down behind the property, where the sprinklers are.

The robe, when it was still wet from the now-failing sprinklers, had perhaps saved her life among the flames.

Almost instantly, there was a gurgling hiss and water began to sputter from the fire sprinklers lining the vaulted ceiling.

But the volume from the sprinklers was already slowing, what little water had remained in the century-old feeder pipes depleting rapidly.

Long minutes passed with the floor vents spitting out tiny gasps of mustard gas while the sprinklers pitifully drizzled their dwindling supply onto the reeking death mist.

But designed to extinguish a warehouse full of burning munitions, the fire sprinklers still sputtered out the occasional burst of water.

Patiently, the group waited for the sprinklers to cease operation, and there was no longer any sign of the lethal gas.

The water from the sprinklers had been tainted with rust and scum that could cause a jam.

The fire in the pyramid dies, but the alarm keeps buzzing and the sprinklers keep spraying.