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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • And Adam Aasen said his constituents like the direction Carmel is going and the water tower would fit right in.
    John Tuohy, The Indianapolis Star, 5 May 2021
  • Proceeds from the event will go toward restoration of the site’s main gate and the repainting of its water tower.
    Greg Crawford, Detroit Free Press, 12 June 2019
  • The grain silo still looks like it was punched in, but the water tower the tornado ripped out of the ground has been removed and even replaced.
    Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 11 Dec. 2022
  • Some of the limestone from the caves was used as building material for both the water tower and the carriage house.
    Rohan Preston, Star Tribune, 14 May 2021
  • The water tower is one of the most recognizable landmarks in Frisco and makes for a great photo.
    Brandi Addison, Dallas News, 31 Dec. 2020
  • The Detroit Zoo’s iconic water tower is receiving a major makeover — and that’s not all.
    Duante Beddingfield, Detroit Free Press, 21 May 2024
  • For over a year, Flaco spent his days lounging in parks and on fire escapes and hooting on top of water towers at night, NPR reported.
    Ahjané Forbes, USA TODAY, 26 Mar. 2024

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