fire hydrant
Example Sentences
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Insecurity is not uncommon among artists—or the rest of us—but few stars broadcast their anxieties to the world like Eilish: She is wildly open, the emotional equivalent of a fire hydrant spraying a summer sidewalk.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 29, 2025
The Cybertruck careened instead into a fire hydrant, then a tree, before bursting into flames.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 24, 2025
They couldn't find the fire hydrant outside which delayed it even more.
From BBC • Jan. 11, 2025
In a recent interview, Mr. Navarro recalled that, in a heated Oval Office argument, Mr. Cohn “lifted his leg on me,” making a gesture like a dog at a fire hydrant.
From New York Times • Dec. 4, 2024
And of course because this saying-what-I-really-feel thing is still new, the moment I part my lips to take a breath, all the feelings come spewing out like water from an uncapped fire hydrant.
From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone
