- present participle of hose.
hosing
Example Sentences
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Firefighters quickly began hosing down the smoking reactor -- "they didn't let the fire spread," Solovyov said.
From Barron's ● Apr. 25, 2026
Two workers were loading equipment onto trucks and a third was hosing the fresh cement that will sit under a new house.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2025
He worked six days a week, hosing down cars, soaping them up and vacuuming inside.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2025
In Los Angeles County, local news showed those near the Hughes fire hosing down their homes and yards with water and others rushing to evacuate neighbourhoods.
From BBC ● Jan. 22, 2025
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
