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

In between matches, hard-working staff are hosing down the courts to cool the sand.

From BBC • Feb. 20, 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

Urban Alchemy officials said the worker was hosing the sidewalk to clean feces left by the unhoused person in the video, whom they have subsequently placed in transitional housing.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 23, 2024

To make matters worse, Sophie caught me in the backyard hosing off my feet at the outdoor tap.

From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman