How to Use water tower in a Sentence

water tower

noun
  • In 2012, the water tower got a new coat of paint and new wrap.
    Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 23 June 2023
  • The water tower in Aransas Pass came crashing to the ground.
    Moriah Balingit, Washington Post, 18 Sep. 2017
  • Known for their huge nests, on the leg of a Deer Park water tower, there’s a six-foot high nest.
    Robert Avery, Houston Chronicle, 10 Aug. 2020
  • And there was no damage to the landmark water tower that the pump house used to fill on the bluff above.
    Grant Segall, cleveland.com, 27 Apr. 2018
  • Royal Oak told the Free Press the water tower now belongs to the zoo.
    Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 2 Sep. 2023
  • In the right half of the clip, Cloud removes his sword before sitting at the top of the water tower.
    Ash Parrish, The Verge, 2 Apr. 2024
  • The fighting took out the city’s water tower a week later.
    Washington Post, 1 Apr. 2022
  • This should be good for: The exhaust plume, which will move up and to the right, tucking behind the water tower.
    Trevor Mahlmann, Ars Technica, 6 Mar. 2018
  • Through the dripping pane is the water tower rising in the distance.
    Oliver Munday, The Atlantic, 15 Oct. 2022
  • The city’s Park Board welcomed a garden for Eden Park, on a high knoll near the old brick water tower.
    Anne Saker, The Enquirer, 8 Sep. 2021
  • Drop off items at the water tower parking lot on the north side of the zoo parking structure.
    Detroit Free Press, 1 Nov. 2021
  • The beacon light on top of one of West Allis' two water towers has gone out.
    Adrienne Davis, Journal Sentinel, 18 Apr. 2024
  • An amendment to remove the water tower project from the funding failed by a 4-4 vote.
    John Tuohy, The Indianapolis Star, 5 May 2021
  • On top of a nearby hill, next to the old water tower, there’s a curving line of white columns.
    Serena Lin, AZCentral.com, 6 Aug. 2023
  • His kitchen is an old water tower, where the ebelskivers are cooked in a special cast iron pan.
    Trevor Gordon, Bon Appetit, 17 Oct. 2017
  • Stop by the water tower, then pose on the pedestrian bridge and wait for the train to roll past underneath you.
    Melissa Oyler, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
  • How do the water towers operate in the City of West Allis?
    Adrienne Davis, Journal Sentinel, 18 Apr. 2024
  • From there, it’s stored in something like a water tower and piped into homes.
    Celia Ford, Vox, 15 Aug. 2024
  • This story of theirs has been fading, like the town’s iconic black water tower with the words State Champs 1954 in white.
    Gregg Doyel, Indianapolis Star, 25 June 2019
  • Or climb the 76 steps to the top of the water tower to edit or just to look out, admiring this estate set on the edge of the small river city.
    Jenna Ross, Star Tribune, 9 July 2021
  • The hopper looks like a bit like a water tower—hence Musk's joking tweet—and is made of stainless steel.
    David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 26 July 2019
  • Not a bad second act for this former water tower perched in the hills of Malibu.
    Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2019
  • Didn’t even rate a mention on the water tower looming high above the Honey Bowl.
    Dallas News, 18 Aug. 2022
  • The city crest is a rose, and it is stamped on everything from trash cans to trail markers to the local water tower.
    New York Times, 2 Nov. 2021
  • And its slogan, scrawled proudly across the water tower, was—and still is!—The Peak of Good Living.
    Richard Morgan, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Sep. 2021
  • The local water tower looms over the center, looking like a Funko Pop!
    Washington Post, 3 Mar. 2022
  • The city of Pewaukee built a new water tower within the last couple of years.
    Alec Johnson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 14 Oct. 2019
  • Weaver, Godbold, and other journalists climbed to the top of a water tower to report on the launch.
    Dean Conger, National Geographic, 8 Dec. 2016
  • But just a few blocks away, the water tower was razed and a day-care center was lifted from its foundation on to the street.
    Jenny Jarvie Atlanta Bureau Chief, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2021
  • In the past year, Flaco has spent his days lounging in parks and on fire escapes and hooting on top of water towers at night, NPR reported.
    Sarah Al-Arshani, USA TODAY, 5 Feb. 2024

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