fireman

Example Sentences

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"As I recall he was very rarely there," said the former fireman from Gwynedd.

From BBC • Jan. 5, 2026

Replete with Constructivist angles, it’s an unsentimental account of a woman who tells her fireman husband he isn’t the father of their newborn.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 17, 2025

Once again, he is both arsonist and fireman.

From Salon • Oct. 31, 2025

Kubinec of Garrettsville, Ohio, a fireman second class, served aboard the USS West Virginia.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 6, 2024

My stepfather worked as a furnace fireman for the New York City Housing Authority, fixing and maintaining the huge boilers that heated the Red Hook Housing Projects where we lived then.

From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride