hydrant

Example Sentences

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A witness told a responding police officer that Garrett’s vehicle went airborne, took out a fire hydrant and rolled three times.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2026

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

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

At least one of the tankers filled at a hydrant reserved for fire engines, according to an activist who spoke to the driver and photographed paperwork showing his destination.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 2, 2025

I remember watching him pop his head up from a different torn comic-book page, and his notepad, to watch the kids play in the hydrant.

From "When I Was the Greatest" by Jason Reynolds