Used in a Sentence

tanks

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for tanks.

Editorial note

You control little tanks that shoot each other (like Worms) and when you die they say a quote.

Examples16
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

A closed container for liquids or gases.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of tanks gathered in one view.

noun

A closed container for liquids or gases.

noun

An open container or pool for storing water or other liquids.

noun

A pond, pool, or small lake (either natural or artificial).

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for tanks.

noun

A closed container for liquids or gases.

noun

An open container or pool for storing water or other liquids.

noun

A pond, pool, or small lake (either natural or artificial).

noun

The fuel reservoir of a vehicle.

Example sentences

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You control little tanks that shoot each other (like Worms) and when you die they say a quote.

2

The sad thing is that their pools go unused for the whole year, they're just expensive water tanks for display.

3

They had even switched to double walled plastic tanks by early 1990's which are much less prone to being ruptured.

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By the middle of that decade, celebrities from John Lennon to Robin Williams had acquired tanks.

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What happens if a pressure sensor in one of the tanks fails a second after liftoff?

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Weight is the premium on planes, so the 10% of non-battery you're talking about is a full plane minus fuel tanks.

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So they have to use their tanks, otherwise the federal government will take them back.

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The water is stored in tanks for a few days where limestone rocks are added (from other parts of the country) to provide minerals, then fed into the public water system.

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Rosenblatt was using perceptrons to try and identify tanks in the late 50s.

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Back then, Ford saved a couple dollars on each Pinto sold by not adding some protective parts to the fuel tanks of the vehicles.

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From what I know, I think tanks reach out to you — or word of mouth.

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I'll note that think tanks have been harping on about it for years with little progress.

Quote examples

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Cabin owners spent thousands of dollars putting in tanks." doesn't look like different treatment?

2

In my experience, float tanks are "fine" but nothing that great.

3

World-class economist Paul Samuelson, a Nobel laureate, wrote in the tenth edition of his textbook Economics: “It is a vulgar mistake to think that most people in Eastern Europe are miserable.” This, mind you, in the aftermath of the 1953 East German uprising, the 1956 Hungarian uprising and the Poznan protests in Poland, the 1968 revolution in Czechoslovakia— all suppressed with bloodshed by Soviet tanks.

Proper noun examples

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Ramin Shokrizade - behavioural economist for World of Tanks, Eve, etc.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use tanks in a sentence?

You control little tanks that shoot each other (like Worms) and when you die they say a quote.

What does tanks mean?

A closed container for liquids or gases.

What part of speech is tanks?

tanks is commonly used as noun.