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

Images from the scene showed an emergency team hosing down the landing gear on a Loganair ATR 72 aircraft, which had been due to depart at 10:05.

From BBC • Dec. 26, 2025

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

Over time, they made progress, hosing off embers and spot fires.

From BBC • Jan. 12, 2025

We started walking down the long chamber with all the cages on both sides, and the only other people there were an attendant hosing out the gorilla cage and some woman holding a two-year-old baby.

From "The Pigman" by Paul Zindel