How to Use hydrant in a Sentence

hydrant

noun

• The photos of kids gathered around an open hydrant show up every year for a reason.
  — Shaun McKinnon, The Arizona Republic, 24 Sep. 2024
• The fire hydrant could be moved soon, but the PG&E work is still up in the air.
  — Gary Richards, The Mercury News, 29 May 2017
• The truck also hit a fire hydrant and knocked it across the road.
  — Janelle Jessen, Arkansas Online, 5 Jan. 2021
• The car went off the roadway to the right and struck a mailbox and fire hydrant.
  — Bruce Geiselman, cleveland, 27 Dec. 2019
• Strong enough to cut, pry, twist the screw, open fire hydrant, saw wood, etc.
  — Maren Estrada, BGR, 12 Apr. 2021
• You're not supposed to park in front of a fire hydrant.
  — Sebastian Blanco, Car and Driver, 15 Aug. 2020
• The first batch of the hydrants are set to be installed Monday.
  — James B. Nelson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 25 June 2018
• Fire crews could not make it to them, and hydrants ran of water.
  — Justine McDaniel, Washington Post, 22 Aug. 2023
• The caller said the Jeep had nearly hit a fire hydrant.
  — John Benson, cleveland, 21 Oct. 2020
• But if the hydrant had been closer to the vehicle, that may not have been the case.
  — Teri Webster, Dallas News, 31 Aug. 2020
• Fire crews scrambled to shut off the hydrant as the water rained down on them.
  — Jonah Valdezstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2023
• Fire hydrants are painted to look like priests and saints.
  — New York Times, 1 Aug. 2019
• His truck veered off the road, hit a fire hydrant and smashed through a fence before hitting the tree.
  — Jane Ford-Stewart, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 July 2018
• For the first time since the fire hydrant, Tiger Woods’ timing is perfect.
  — Bruce Jenkins, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Mar. 2018
• In Paris, dozens of fire hydrants had been opened overnight on Wednesday.
  — Raphael Minder, New York Times, 28 June 2019
• On the corner, two white cops re-capped the fire hydrant, cursing.
  — Colson Whitehead, The New Yorker, 19 July 2021
• But many of the problems on the other side centered on Trump and his hydrant of claims.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 10 Jan. 2021
• The car split in half and then sheared a fire hydrant before catching on fire.
  — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2022
• The store has piggy banks in the shape of cats and dogs, treat jars that look like fire hydrants and slippers with paw prints.
  — Cathie Anderson, sacbee.com, 1 June 2017
• The former All-Juice ’backer is built like a fire hydrant but hits like a tank.
  — Terez A. Paylor, kansascity, 15 Dec. 2017
• Workers were able to shut off the water at the broken hydrant.
  — Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Dec. 2020
• The woman swerved to avoid the other car and veered off the right side of the road striking the fire hydrant, which caused her airbags to deploy.
  — cleveland, 13 Mar. 2020
• On the next scorcher: Partake in a New York City tradition and cool off in the spray of an open fire hydrant.
  — New York Times, 21 Aug. 2019
• The suspect crashed into a fire hydrant at 147th and Wood streets in Harvey and fled on foot.
  — Frank Vaisvilas, Daily Southtown, 9 July 2017
• There were reports that the closest hydrant was not working at the time of the fire, but Cokefair said that was not the case.
  — Frank Abderholden, Lake County News-Sun, 8 May 2018
• The car then hit a fire hydrant, rolled over and came to a stop by a retaining wall, police said.
  — Evan MacDonald, cleveland.com, 15 Dec. 2017
• His hydrant-yellow summit suit had dulled to the hue of a fallen leaf.
  — Krista Stevens, Longreads, 20 Dec. 2017
• The city also charges $25 if fire hydrants have not been shoveled out.
  — Ricardo Torres, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10 Feb. 2020
• An officer cited the car since it was parked in front of a fire hydrant.
  — cleveland, 30 Dec. 2020
• People in Syracuse, New York, were warned Tuesday not to open fire hydrants to get some relief from the heat.
  — Patrick Smith, NBC News, 19 June 2024

Last Updated: 12 Dec 2024