hydrant

Example Sentences

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He saw a fire engine parked next to a hydrant on his street, and called for help.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 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

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

When we arrived Sapo parked the car right next to a fire hydrant.

From "Bodega Dreams" by Ernesto Quinonez