hose

Example Sentences

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Dill asked Koch to remove a urine hose and let the system run for one minute.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

We see them appear out of the dark at speed to make the delicate manoeuvre to feed their fuel-hungry jets - locking on to a hose trailing from the tanker wing.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

At the meditation center, Sarah found people bathing with her hose nightly and leaving the water running, cutting into water lines, and making warming fires close to the building.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

And resident Leung Ho-hin said he saw two neighbours try to use a fire hose, but "no water" came out.

From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026

Pails would clank in the courtyard behind the house, the hose would be turned on the car, the little scullery-maid would begin to chatter through the open door to the men in the yard.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier