hydrant
Example Sentences
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In May, a well on the Pecos County property of Laura Briggs started spraying saltwater like a fire hydrant.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025
The Newtown Dream Dog Park is one of the best in the country, outfitted with sprinklers, a spraying hydrant, hoops, tunnels and more.
From MarketWatch • Oct. 29, 2025
Insecurity is not uncommon among artists—or the rest of us—but few stars broadcast their anxieties to the world like Eilish: She is wildly open, the emotional equivalent of a fire hydrant spraying a summer sidewalk.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 29, 2025
When she was allowed to return to Malibu, Riera found her house in the Big Rock neighborhood still standing, the hoses from her private hydrant scorched, ash-stained and left in a heap on the driveway.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 28, 2025
When I became thirsty, I went around the house and drank water from the hydrant in the back yard rather than venture into the house.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
Vocabulary lists containing hydrant
Elements of the Universe: Hydr, Hydro ("Water")
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Florida's B.E.S.T. Roots: hydr
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