hosing
Example Sentences
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In between matches, hard-working staff are hosing down the courts to cool the sand.
From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026
He worked six days a week, hosing down cars, soaping them up and vacuuming inside.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 22, 2025
“All wasteful water use such as hosing down driveways and impervious surfaces, allowing water to flow unattended and using water in a grossly inefficient manner, is prohibited,” the Southwest Florida Water Management District website says.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 7, 2023
The pre-game festivities featured local pop stars, a military marching band, feathered dancers, a colour guard team and a fire engine driving around the field, hosing off the crowd.
From BBC • Nov. 13, 2023
Marco Rossi was in the third ring, hosing down an elephant and scrubbing her wrinkled gray skin with a long-handled deck brush.
From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith
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