How to Use water tower in a Sentence
water tower
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The house is just across the street from a water tower.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Dec. 2025
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The house is just across the street from a water tower.
—Brayden Garcia january 26, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Jan. 2026
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The zoo has that water tower with the wrap around it that is so iconic.
—Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 30 Oct. 2024
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The iron girders of a water tower were reeds bending in the wind.
—Charles Pellegrino, Rolling Stone, 6 Aug. 2025
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On the hill before him, a water tower lay smashed and a cupola of a mosque was askew.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2025
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From there, it’s stored in something like a water tower and piped into homes.
—Celia Ford, Vox, 15 Aug. 2024
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In 2012, the water tower got a new coat of paint and new wrap.
—Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 23 June 2023
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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
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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
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Drop off items at the water tower parking lot on the north side of the zoo parking structure.
—Detroit Free Press, 1 Nov. 2021
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The changes to the water tower come on the heels of the outlet mall’s recent closure.
—Matan Josephy, Idaho Statesman, 17 June 2026
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Four aerial water towers were brought in to shoot water on the building.
—Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Apr. 2026
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Through the dripping pane is the water tower rising in the distance.
—Oliver Munday, The Atlantic, 15 Oct. 2022
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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
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The video ends with Cruise sitting barefoot atop the water tower.
—Rebecca Ford, Vanity Fair, 23 Apr. 2026
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The town’s main water tower was down, as was every utility pole.
—Literary Hub, 19 Nov. 2025
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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
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Then there’s the rebuilt water tower, which flaunts a gym, a full bath, and a double-height office.
—Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 29 Sep. 2025
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Not a bad second act for this former water tower perched in the hills of Malibu.
—Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2019
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At its core, a water tower is simply a large storage tank positioned high above the ground.
—Stephanie Threinen, Austin American Statesman, 19 Feb. 2026
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The beacon light on top of one of West Allis' two water towers has gone out.
—Adrienne Davis, Journal Sentinel, 18 Apr. 2024
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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, 6 May 2025
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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
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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
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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
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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
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The city of Pewaukee built a new water tower within the last couple of years.
—Alec Johnson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 14 Oct. 2019
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Adding a new water tower is not a cosmetic decision.
—Stephanie Threinen, Austin American Statesman, 19 Feb. 2026
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There was nothing much to do there but drive up and down Main Street, or climb to the water tower and look out over town.
—Hazlitt, 7 Jan. 2026
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Royal Oak told the Free Press the water tower now belongs to the zoo.
—Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 2 Sep. 2023
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