hose

Example Sentences

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As the fire spread, the water system quickly lost pressure as crews drew heavily on hydrants, residents ran sprinklers and hoses, and water gushed out of melted pipes.

From Los Angeles Times

Two fire engines went to the scene and firefighters wearing breathing apparatus entered the house, using hose reel jets and thermal imaging equipment.

From BBC

“They were spraying the fire hose at the university.”

From Salon

Or to hose it down with an antibacterial spray.

From Literature

He saved their mother’s home, “with a garden hose and his finger as a nozzle,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times