Example Sentences

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The Russian weapon carries a box of rockets atop a tanklike tracked vehicle.

From Seattle Times • May 28, 2022

This autonomous underwater robot weighs in at about 250 kilograms, with a black-and-yellow tanklike exterior.

From Science Magazine • Jul. 2, 2021

National Guard troops there had to rely on specialized vehicles with tanklike treads to rescue stranded drivers, while in Nebraska whiteout conditions hampered evacuations.

From Washington Times • Mar. 14, 2019

He drives a black Mercedes-Benz G-Class—a tanklike car.

From The New Yorker • Mar. 21, 2016

He collected fragments from a pig-size guinea pig, armor plates from a tanklike armadillo, more elephantine bones from elephantine sloths, and crated and shipped them to England.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee