How to Use fire extinguisher in a Sentence

fire extinguisher

noun

• The agents tried to put out the boat fire with a fire extinguisher.
  — Wendy Fry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Sep. 2019
• One of the thieves brought and discharged a fire extinguisher in the store.
  — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 18 Dec. 2023
• O’Neal hands James a fire extinguisher and runs out of the kitchen.
  — Sabrina Weiss, People.com, 4 Dec. 2024
• At the side of the bus, the crowd tried to hose them down using small fire extinguishers.
  — Nathan Thrall, Curbed, 25 Oct. 2023
• Someone had sprayed a fire extinguisher in the room and set off the alarm.
  — cleveland, 30 July 2020
• Baik tried to use a fire extinguisher, but the fire was too strong.
  — Tara Duggan, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 June 2022
• Flames spread from the hood all across the front of the car as clouds of smoke and fire extinguisher spray billowed.
  — Cassidy Jensen, Baltimore Sun, 9 May 2024
• Someone from the back came out with a fire extinguisher and put out the fire.
  — Gary Warth, sandiegouniontribune.com, 5 July 2018
• Make sure all those in your household know how to use the fire extinguisher in your home.
  — Houston Chronicle, 17 Oct. 2020
• The Muskego police officer who sped to the scene used a fire extinguisher to put out most of the fire.
  — Jane Ford-Stewart, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 24 Apr. 2018
• On the floor, there were cans of beans, rows of water bottles and a fire extinguisher.
  — Otis R. Taylor Jr., San Francisco Chronicle, 11 May 2018
• Where were the soldiers and medics and jeeps and water tanks and fire extinguishers?
  — Nathan Thrall, Curbed, 25 Oct. 2023
• Set out a heavy pot lid that fits your pan, as well as your kitchen fire extinguisher.
  — Melissa Clark, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2023
• The 13-year-old boy was able to get his four sisters out of the house as the fire spread, and then went back in to try to put out the flames with a fire extinguisher.
  — Fox News, 14 Sep. 2021
• There was a fire extinguisher in the ICU near the nursing station.
  — Tabassum Barnagarwala, Quartz, 13 Apr. 2022
• The vessel was sprayed with red and black paint from fire extinguishers.
  — Michael Lee Simpson, Peoplemag, 17 July 2023
• Know where your fire extinguisher is and keep it handy.
  — Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2025
• Someone with a fire extinguisher ran from the other side of the freeway to put out the flames that were starting to rise from the van.
  — Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 6 Sep. 2023
• Is there a fire extinguisher for the kitchen area since grease fires and stovetop flare-ups are a common cause of fires?
  — Hartford Courant, 28 Aug. 2022
• He and another man rushed to the scene with a fire extinguisher.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 26 June 2021
• The employees put the fire out with a fire extinguisher, Pechin said.
  — Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Aug. 2023
• In a statement, police said the man was sprayed with a fire extinguisher.
  — Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 1 Oct. 2019
• The second video showed Swift grabbing a fire extinguisher to put out a small kitchen fire.
  — Kimberly Nordyke, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 June 2024
• Someone on the ground tried to knock down the flames with a fire extinguisher with little success.
  — oregonlive, 17 Aug. 2021
• Wooden pieces from the bridge, life vests and fire extinguishers.
  — Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 12 Apr. 2024
• One person sprayed the man with a fire extinguisher and punched him, police said.
  — Kiely Westhoff, CNN, 23 Aug. 2022
• The officer doused the blaze with a small fire extinguisher.
  — Eric Heisig, cleveland.com, 11 Jan. 2018
• Police used fire extinguishers to quench the fire, but the activists later stamped on Kim’s photo and the flags and burned them.
  — Time, 22 Jan. 2018
• Good news: most small kitchen fires can be stopped with either a fire extinguisher or a fire blanket.
  — Shivani Vyas, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Mar. 2025
• The mechanics used all the fire extinguishers in the shop, in an effort to douse the flames, before evacuating.
  — Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 6 Mar. 2025