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
  • The hard part is that (Walker) has been that fireman who comes in with guys on base and oftentimes pitches out of a jam and then the next inning as well.
    Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 9 Aug. 2024
  • As the story goes, local firemen came in to the new store wanting sandwiches, which the new store didn’t have, but owner Febronio Ontiveros lured them back with super-burritos made from three smaller tortillas.
    Morgan Haefner, Quartz, 15 Aug. 2024

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