How to Use fire hydrant in a Sentence

fire hydrant

noun

• The car hopped the curb, toppled a fire hydrant, and then hit the side of a house.
  — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 6 Mar. 2023
• The truck also hit a fire hydrant and knocked it across the road.
  — Janelle Jessen, Arkansas Online, 5 Jan. 2021
• The top of a black smoker is like a fire hydrant with the top knocked off.
  — Steve Nadis, Quanta Magazine, 7 June 2023
• Video from the crash site shows the squad car also hit a fire hydrant.
  — Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 18 May 2024
• In the mix: bird-dogs to fire hydrants, squat hops, and plank rows to tricep kickbacks.
  — Korin Miller, Women's Health, 11 July 2023
• On the corner, two white cops re-capped the fire hydrant, cursing.
  — Colson Whitehead, The New Yorker, 19 July 2021
• Inside the vehicle were drugs, a firearm and the fire hydrant.
  — Warren Kulo | [e-mail], al, 9 Mar. 2023
• They were not deterred when the water pressure in a fire hydrant proved too low to douse the flames.
  — Matthew Thompson, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2022
• The Lexus left the road, hit a fire hydrant, bushes, a sign outside of the strip mall and then rolled on top of a car parked outside of the plaza.
  — Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 14 Feb. 2023
• Water to fight the fire was supplied by tankers and a nearby pond equipped with a dry fire hydrant.
  — Bob Blubaugh, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 14 Aug. 2020
• In addition, 14 fire hydrants were stolen in the city of Lynwood.
  — Greg Wehner, Fox News, 6 June 2024
• The woman jumped out of the moving truck, which rolled into a fire hydrant, and tried to run away, police said.
  — Don Sweeney, Sacramento Bee, 9 May 2024
• Ultimately, the crews used two fire hydrants to battle the blaze, Natyshok said, which means crews have to connect the hoses and run the lines to the fire.
  — Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 23 June 2023
• But, to their surprise, there is another car at the fire hydrant.
  — Abby Govindan, Vulture, 22 July 2021
• Hundreds of fire hydrants across the city have also been stolen for scrap metal since last year.
  — Elise Preston, CBS News, 15 June 2024
• Firefighters found the address number about 30 feet away from the rubble, at the base of a fire hydrant.
  — Omari Daniels, Washington Post, 18 Jan. 2024
• There were even kids playing from this fire hydrant that was broken.
  — E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 20 Apr. 2021
• No one was reported injured, but the vehicle went over a curb, hit a fire hydrant, and ran into the the side of the home.
  — Jessica Wang, EW.com, 24 July 2023
• Kids race through the spray of a fire hydrant and families barbecue on their front stoops.
  — Tyrone Beason, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2023
• The workout includes things like fire hydrants, donkey kicks and more.
  — Emily Shiffer, Women's Health, 17 May 2023
• Keeping your hip and knee in their bent positions, lift your right leg out to the side—like a dog peeing on a fire hydrant.
  — Laura Campedelli, Verywell Health, 13 Aug. 2024
• Now, he’s landed at No. 1 on multiple charts all over the globe and this thing is streaming like a fire hydrant.
  — Melinda Newman, Billboard, 25 Mar. 2022
• Within 15 feet of a fire hydrant or a fire station driveway.
  — Angela Rodriguez, Sacramento Bee, 29 Jan. 2024
• Eyes peeking out from a sewer grate, putting googly eyes on a fire hydrant.
  — Vanessa Infanzon, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
• Second place receives a set of Dog Butt push pins, the adorable inch-long rears of five assorted breeds plus a bonus half a fire hydrant.
  — Washington Post, 5 Aug. 2021
• In some neighborhoods, people plan to dig out fire hydrants to stop them from being buried too deep in snow.
  — Ethan Baron, The Mercury News, 29 Feb. 2024
• Gage the dog makes use of a large inflatable fire hydrant at the dog show festivities at Canyon High School.
  — Heather McRea, Orange County Register, 4 July 2024
• While the fire hydrant was frozen in front of the building firefighters were able to use tank water and tap a hydrant nearby.
  — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 31 Jan. 2022
• This lasts one or two seconds before I face-plant into the lake, water gushing up my nose with the force of a fire hydrant.
  — Ashlea Halpern, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 July 2024
• Her home has sprinklers inside and a fire hydrant outside.
  — Bailey Schulz, USA TODAY, 23 June 2024

Last Updated: 17 Nov 2024