Examples of water tower in a Sentence
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He has been heard hooting from rooftops and water towers across the Upper West Side, sometimes calling out into the post-midnight darkness for hours to establish his territory and possibly woo a mate.
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Ed Shanahan, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2024
He was spotted on water towers, fire escapes and a Central Park bench, according to the Washington Post’s Helier Cheung.
—Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Feb. 2024
Switzerland has long been considered Europe’s water tower, the place where deep winter snows would accumulate and gently melt through the warmer months, augmenting the trickling runoff from thick glaciers that helped sustain many of Europe’s rivers and its ways of life for centuries.
—George Steinmetz Catherine Porter, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2024
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
Condo dwellers Details: The landmark beach ball water tower stands guard over the county’s southernmost shores.
—Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
Travis Cooper, deputy director of Sebastian County Emergency Management, said roughly 400 to 500 people between Sebastian and Scott counties were still without water Monday morning because of a leak in the Mansfield water system affecting a water tower outside the city that hasn't been repaired.
—Thomas Saccente, arkansasonline.com, 23 Jan. 2024
An antigovernment banner was hanging high up on the kibbutz water tower in Kfar Azza.
—Isabel Kershner Sergey Ponomarev, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2023
The water tower serviced the Western Hills area from 1912 to 1976, said Kevin Osborne, who handles public engagement and government relations for Greater Cincinnati Water Works.
—Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 22 Mar. 2023
Ed Shanahan, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2024
He was spotted on water towers, fire escapes and a Central Park bench, according to the Washington Post’s Helier Cheung.
—Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Feb. 2024
Switzerland has long been considered Europe’s water tower, the place where deep winter snows would accumulate and gently melt through the warmer months, augmenting the trickling runoff from thick glaciers that helped sustain many of Europe’s rivers and its ways of life for centuries.
—George Steinmetz Catherine Porter, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2024
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
Condo dwellers Details: The landmark beach ball water tower stands guard over the county’s southernmost shores.
—Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
Travis Cooper, deputy director of Sebastian County Emergency Management, said roughly 400 to 500 people between Sebastian and Scott counties were still without water Monday morning because of a leak in the Mansfield water system affecting a water tower outside the city that hasn't been repaired.
—Thomas Saccente, arkansasonline.com, 23 Jan. 2024
An antigovernment banner was hanging high up on the kibbutz water tower in Kfar Azza.
—Isabel Kershner Sergey Ponomarev, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2023
The water tower serviced the Western Hills area from 1912 to 1976, said Kevin Osborne, who handles public engagement and government relations for Greater Cincinnati Water Works.
—Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 22 Mar. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1835, in the meaning defined above
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“Water tower.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/water%20tower. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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