How to Use artesian well in a Sentence

artesian well

noun
  • The artesian wells that once bubbled through the valley are long gone.
    — Calmatters, The Mercury News, 15 Apr. 2024
  • The first streetcar was only 2 years old, as was the town’s first artesian well.
    — Matt Leclercq, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 Apr. 2024
  • Creek, artesian well, natural pond, abundant wildlife, rolling hills.
    — Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press, 14 Sep. 2019
  • Researchers believe the geyser formed when ranchers drilled a hole (no one knows why) and hit a hot-water artesian well.
    — Harriot Manley, SFChronicle.com, 28 June 2018
  • What is clear, in each case, is that the tears are coming from an extremely deep place, like the purest artesian well water.
    — Sam Anderson, New York Times, 3 June 2023
  • But many others come exclusively for the artesian well.
    — John Tuohy, IndyStar, 9 June 2025
  • Well, an artesian well drilled in the northwest sector of Woodchuck Hill.
    — Dallas News, 16 Sep. 2021
  • The seller had been a well-driller and expert at artesian wells, and there was a 280-foot artesian well on-site.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 15 June 2022
  • Baldwin had become smitten with the rancho, which was lush and green due to the artesian wells that ran beneath its rolling pastures.
    — Scott Garner, latimes.com, 3 Nov. 2017
  • Suddenly, Straka spotted a 4-inch pipe snaking from an artesian well.
    — Curt Brown, Star Tribune, 7 Nov. 2020
  • 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
  • Find Maslowski Beach or Prentice Park and fill an empty milk jug or two with artesian well water.
    — Mary Bergin, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 July 2018
  • The gun was found Monday in a nondescript vent in a wall of the brewery’s artesian well, a part of the building that’s often host to weddings.
    — Evy Lewis, Chicago Tribune, 23 Jan. 2026
  • Elsewhere on the grounds is an artesian well, three ponds -- one stocked with catfish -- two barns, storage facilities, corrals and a pavilion that doubles as an icehouse.
    — Darla Guillen Gilthorpe, Houston Chronicle, 12 Nov. 2019
  • Metalious had modernized and expanded the house and had dug an artesian well that still provides a reliable water source, Marshall says.
    — Patricia Harris and David Lyon, BostonGlobe.com, 12 May 2022
  • Simultaneously, the event was meant to raise funds and invited investors to sponsor projects such as land and water preservation projects, artesian well building and more.
    — Angie Jaime, Teen Vogue, 2 Aug. 2019
  • The Slaughter Ranch, until recently, has relied on artesian wells (wells that don’t require pumping because water comes to the surface of the ground by way of springs) for water.
    — Erin Stone, azcentral, 3 Feb. 2020
  • In 1892, The residents of the fledgling city placed their hopes on an artesian well at the intersection of Main and Center streets.
    — Owen Prout, Dallas News, 11 Mar. 2020
  • An artesian well in the basement, which, Walters said, the company eventually had to demolish for environmental concerns.
    — Sacbee.com, 13 Aug. 2025
  • Instead, the Stone Road team uses ladybugs, predator mites, and a medley of beneficial fungi for pest control and irrigates with water from a 460 foot deep artesian well.
    — Sherrie Nachman, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2022
  • Beginning in the late 1800s, settlers drilled artesian wells deep into the aquifer, creating a water source capable of supplying the city’s residents as San Antonio grew through the decades.
    — Diego Mendoza-Moyers, ExpressNews.com, 4 Jan. 2020
  • The settlement that became Dinosaur was initially called Baxter Flats, but was established as a town in 1947, and named Artesia, a nod to the artesian wells in the surrounding hills.
    — Markian Hawryluk, Fortune, 27 Sep. 2023
  • The Indiana Department of Natural Resources told the Gary Post-Tribune in 2022 that there were 15 artesian wells in Indiana, most in Central Indiana.
    — John Tuohy, IndyStar, 9 June 2025

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