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

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

From BBC • Jan. 12, 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

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