How to Use fire engine in a Sentence

fire engine

noun

• The child brings his fire engines and turns them all on.
  — Anna Orso, Philly.com, 7 Mar. 2018
• As a pumper truck, the fire engine carries water and hoses to the scene.
  — John Benson, cleveland, 1 Dec. 2021
• The lieutenant who was fired never got out of the fire engine, the chief said.
  — Mitch Smith, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2023
• Sheriff’s deputies blocked the road for a time to make room for fire engines and crews.
  — Luke Garrett, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Oct. 2019
• Ray believes that the fire engines that raced to his home were hindered by the gate.
  — T. Christian Miller, Propublica, Kiah Collier and Julian Aguilar, star-telegram, 14 Dec. 2017
• The dogs’ barks could be heard over the drone of the fire engines and construction equipment.
  — Cameron Knight, Cincinnati.com, 25 Nov. 2019
• Images posted with the tweet showed a car pinned under the front bumper of the fire engine.
  — Rebekah Wahlberg, The Salt Lake Tribune, 8 Mar. 2021
• One person suggested that crews should have used the fire engine to knock the car out of the way.
  — Teri Webster, Dallas News, 31 Aug. 2020
• As their names were read, a silver fire engine bell rang out for each of them.
  — Jess Nocera, baltimoresun.com, 11 Sep. 2019
• The crew took Seamus with them in the fire engine, drying & warming him up on the way to his house.
  — CBS News, 19 Jan. 2023
• And of course a little bit of fire engine red never hurt.
  — Liza Corsillo, GQ, 10 Oct. 2017
• By the time the fire engines rolled up, around 25 men were perched on ledges or dangling from windowsills.
  — Robert Klara, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 June 2023
• The burning question, of course, is whether the fire engine could run out of juice during a call.
  — CBS News, 12 Dec. 2019
• Fate stepped in when a New Smyrna Beach fire engine was heading to a call around around the same time.
  — Madeleine Marr, miamiherald, 7 Mar. 2018
• And his favorite toy as a toddler was a ride-on fire engine.
  — Simon Perry, PEOPLE.com, 21 June 2018
• The new fire engine is scheduled to arrive around May or June.
  — Melanie Feuk, Houston Chronicle, 10 Jan. 2020
• An ambulance in front of the dump truck is smashed up against the back of a fire engine, which is resting against the right guardrail.
  — Eric Levenson, CNN, 30 July 2019
• Santa will wave to youngsters from 1 to 4 p.m. as a fire engine drives him around town.
  — cleveland, 13 Nov. 2022
• At least four fire engines rushed to the scene within minutes, and San Diego Police cleared the space.
  — Katcy Stephan, Variety, 27 July 2024
• The berries vary from fire engine red to almost black, with matching crowns; always look for the crown.
  — Bon Appétit, 29 Apr. 2022
• Scores of police cars, fire engines and ambulances lined both sides of the road.
  — The Courier-Journal, 14 May 2018
• The off-roader is done up in fire engine red and is free of any chrome accents (even the badging is blacked out).
  — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 14 June 2021
• When the first fire engine arrived, heavy fire and heavy black smoke was coming from the second floor.
  — Akira Kyles, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 18 Sep. 2019
• The official says nine fire engines were trying to douse the flames leaping from the top floor of the building.
  — Fox News, 13 June 2018
• When the first fire engine arrived, there was smoke showing from the attic.
  — Ruth Brown, idahostatesman, 5 July 2018
• The firefighters piled into a fire engine and an ambulance and raced to the scene — and to their doom.
  — Bassem Mroue, Star Tribune, 23 Aug. 2020
• In the video, the water is above Bachle’s waist and flowing into the cabin of a fire engine.
  — Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN, 29 Sep. 2022
• If this really is the end of the Netflix era, Stranger Things 4 threw the kind of Irish wake that requires a fire engine.
  — Darren Franich, EW.com, 5 July 2022
• When a fire engine pulled up across the street outside, the barista moved to the window and began filming—incredibly—a video of the scene.
  — Malia Griggs, Glamour, 18 Dec. 2024
• An engine crew, meanwhile, rolls to the fire line with a fire engine to pump water or fire-suppressing foam onto a blaze.
  — Jon Healey, Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 17 Jan 2025