How to Use fireman in a Sentence
fireman
noun-
The first fireman to get to the station gets the good truck.
— Kevin Dupzyk, Popular Mechanics, 20 June 2016 -
On the work train, the engineer and fireman jumped off the tracks.
— Kevin Dayhoff, Baltimore Sun, 10 Sep. 2022 -
At the heart of the book is Guy Montag, a fireman whose job is to burn books.
— Anne Nickoloff, cleveland.com, 12 May 2018 -
One of the first on scene was her uncle, who is a fireman.
— Rachel Desantis, PEOPLE.com, 29 Oct. 2019 -
Some passersby thought a fireman had found a dead dog in the fire.
— Cathy M. Rosenthal, ExpressNews.com, 13 Sep. 2019 -
Help arrived fast; the firemen got the car door open and helped us climb out.
— Mia Angeles, NOLA.com, 18 July 2017 -
Matzek was summoned to pitch for the fifth time in the series to play fireman.
— Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2021 -
And [there were] lots of firemen down there, but the fire was just too much, and there was too much wind.
— Wendy Grossman Kantor, Peoplemag, 11 Aug. 2023 -
His father was a fireman and, in a way, Jared Goff is one too.
— Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2023 -
The firemen opened the door and three dogs in wheelchairs came running out.
— Lynn Franco, CNN, 30 Dec. 2019 -
Thank you firemen for all of your hard work and effort.
— John Wilkens, sandiegouniontribune.com, 10 Dec. 2017 -
The firemen quickly filled the pool for the family with one of their hoses.
— Danielle Garrand, CBS News, 25 June 2018 -
The 911 dispatcher, the policeman, the fireman and the EMT.
— Staff Report, The Aegis, 1 June 2017 -
They were dragged out by a dozen firemen who plunged out after them along the line.
— Scott Harrison, latimes.com, 11 Jan. 2018 -
At the top of the stairs, a fireman behind a reception desk gave him a loaf of bread.
— Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker, 23 July 2022 -
At least the seat is installed right thanks to a fireman at Station 37.
— oregonlive, 12 Apr. 2021 -
The footage shows the officer and a nearby fireman trying to turn the man on his back.
— Bradford Betz, Fox News, 30 Nov. 2021 -
The fireman had one hand on the right side of Rushdie’s neck to stanch the bleeding and another hand near his eye.
— David Remnick, The New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2023 -
Brayden Schenn, in a fireman’s hat, sprayed the crowd with champagne.
— Joan Niesen, SI.com, 16 June 2019 -
Khan describes the new project as a thriller about the fall and rise of a fireman whose son thinks that cops are far cooler.
— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 18 Nov. 2021 -
Six hours later, someone moved the pile above her and a fireman took her hand.
— New York Times, 16 Dec. 2021 -
There were homes that were down to the studs and neighbors and firemen everywhere.
— Allyson Chiu, Washington Post, 9 July 2018 -
The postman, the fireman, the policeman and clerk at the convenience store, the ladies at the dry cleaner.
— Kyle Ringo, San Antonio Express-News, 27 May 2018 -
That client was a fireman searching for a home in Toronto.
— Taysha Murtaugh, Country Living, 6 Sep. 2017 -
Terry learns some smooth new dance moves to impress Vicky at the fireman’s ball.
— Nina Zafar, Washington Post, 13 Aug. 2020 -
But Jonah has never watched the footage of the fireman giving him the fist-bump, even as the videos passed a million views.
— Matt Sullivan, Rolling Stone, 23 June 2022 -
That’s when someone shouted that a fireman was down, and the others rushed over.
— Sam Boyer, cleveland, 3 July 2020 -
During the gig during load-out, one of the venue’s bartenders stood with a fireman staring down the street.
— Jason Morris, SPIN, 11 Sep. 2022 -
Martin Boswell, the tug's fireman, was below deck and was carried down with the vessel.
— Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 21 Sep. 2024 -
Once referred to as the Irish Riviera, this blue-collar community of cops and firemen has given birth to a post-Hurricane Sandy hipster-beach haunt with new apartment buildings, restaurants, and surfers.
— Jay Bulger, Rolling Stone, 13 Aug. 2024
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