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
A groundskeeper volunteered to care for the center’s red snake, carrying it out in a large glass tank along with two frozen rats for food.
From New York Times • Feb. 6, 2022
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
They probably thought this glass tank was the whole world.
From "The Thing About Jellyfish" by Ali Benjamin
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