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

“Yesterday, just in California alone, there were about 30 orders,” said Barry McConaghey, a former firefighter who owns FireHoseDirect, an equipment company he founded in 2011 that sells the parts to make a private hydrant.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 28, 2025

But the words were coming out of him like the water spraying from a broken fire hydrant in summer, and he could not have stopped them if he had tried.

From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman