How to Use "Tank" with Example Sentences

tank (n): a large container for holding liquid or gas; a military vehicle

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Used with adjectives:

"My car's gas tank is empty."
(empty, full)

"We need to replace the water tank."
(water, fuel, oxygen, septic, fish)

"I saw an armored tank coming over the hill."
(armored, army)

Used with verbs:

"How do you fill the water tank?"
(fill, refill, drain, empty, clean)

"The tank contains liquid."
(contains, holds)

"A soldier climbed into the enemy tank."
(climbed into, got into, blew up, destroyed, attacked, ran from)

"He drives an army tank."
(drives, operates)

"The military tanks rolled into the enemy territory."
(rolled into, attacked, advanced, fired into)

Used with prepositions:

"We added more water to the fish tank."
(to, in , into)