fishbowl

noun

fish·bowl | \ˈfish-ˌbōl

Definition of fishbowl

1 : a bowl for the keeping of live fish

2 : a place or condition that affords no privacy

Examples of fishbowl in a Sentence

Being a politician these days means living in a fishbowl—every part of your life is open to public view.

Recent Examples on the Web

As a part of the rebrand, RWB will be updating or adding new features, including a shot bar, an eight-inch prize wheel, dance platform and fishbowl drinks. — Stephanie Morse, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Downtown Milwaukee's Red, White & Blue bar is rebranded as RWB," 21 June 2018 The first question Bryan pulls from the fishbowl is what his favorite cocktail is: vodka with ruby red grapefruit juice. — Rebecca Schiller, Billboard, "Luke Bryan Reveals Madonna Was His First Celebrity Crush While Playing 'Fishing For Answers': Watch," 5 June 2018 Handler kicked off the event with a gloriously brief introduction and ended it by personally passing the donation fishbowl. — Beth Spotswood, SFChronicle.com, "Communal reading party speaks volumes for school libraries," 19 June 2018 In the fishbowl environment of the NFL, there’s no end to the scrutiny, fair or not. — Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, "As NFL draft approaches, excuses won’t cut it for QB Josh Allen and those racist tweets," 26 Apr. 2018 The bathroom, with its see-through walls and ceiling, feels like a bona-fide fishbowl. — Nikki Ekstein, BostonGlobe.com, "A hotel in the Maldives lets you sleep underwater — for $50,000 a night," 19 Apr. 2018 No doubt Ohtani needed time to grow accustomed to his new country, new training methods, new baseball and new competition in this fishbowl life. — Si.com Staff, SI.com, "Nine Innings: Inside Ohtani's Electric Debut, Masahiro Tanaka's Resurgence and Ranking the Most Surprising Starts to 2018," 9 Apr. 2018 Contestants picked random questions from a fishbowl on stage that were then read aloud by Tram Nguyen, Miss Vietnam Florida 2017. — Sarah Espedido, OrlandoSentinel.com, "Miss Vietnam Florida 2018:," 3 Apr. 2018 If the boundary is still needed, that is; one weekend in a fishbowl with four adults and two babies might be sufficient to prompt your in-laws to have an ideological conversion on the matter of bunking as one. — Carolyn Hax, idahostatesman, "Grandparents won’t visit newborn twins," 5 Feb. 2018

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