glass tank
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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But walking on a treadmill, in a glass tank filled with water at chest level was new to him — and admittedly a little scary at first.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2025
There’s even a World Mermaid Championship, last held in China in 2019, which featured 70 mermaids flipping and posing in a giant glass tank before a panel of pensive judges.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 22, 2022
Cecily Strong finished what felt like a valedictory performance as Jeanine Pirro by dunking herself in a glass tank that said “Boxed Wine.”
From New York Times ● Sep. 27, 2021
A metal and glass tank, roughly three metres by four, is filled with soft bentonite clay which bubbles and pops as compressed air passes through.
From BBC ● Nov. 30, 2016
Poisonous orange snails were oozing slowly up the side of their glass tank, and a fat white rabbit kept changing into a silk top hat and back again with a loud popping noise.
From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling
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