How to Use put the fire out in a Sentence
put the fire out
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And the only way to stop that smoke is to put the fire out.
—Dennis Pillion | Dpillion@al.com, al, 6 Jan. 2023
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Quick work put the fire out, containing the blaze to the kitchen area.
—Jeanne Houck, Cincinnati.com, 22 June 2020
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The fire department was already on the scene attempting to put the fire out.
—Adam Sennott, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Oct. 2022
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Fire crews started to put the fire out from the outside and then went inside of the home to get it under control, the release says.
—Kaylee Remington, cleveland, 26 Mar. 2022
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The Navy was not able to put the fire out until the ship was so badly damaged that the service had to scrap it, a more than $1 billion loss.
—Megan Rose, ProPublica, 12 Sep. 2022
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According to police, firefighters who arrived at the scene were able to put the fire out but the driver died on the spot.
—Stephen McGrath, ajc, 6 Apr. 2022
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Luckily, his friend Dave Killackey, who was working on the car with him, helped put the fire out.
—Hilary Lewis, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Dec. 2022
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Fire officials quickly put the fire out, but later discovered the body outside of the home.
—Tandra Smith | Tsmith@al.com, al, 18 June 2021
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Firefighters were able to quickly connect to a water supply and put the fire out, Douglas said.
—Jane Florance, The Arizona Republic, 11 Feb. 2022
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But authorities were too busy, so Heying and her group grabbed hoses and fire extinguishers to put the fire out.
—Kelly Smith, Star Tribune, 7 Aug. 2020
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Firefighters put the fire out in less than an hour, department officials said.
—Jacques Kelly, baltimoresun.com, 23 Oct. 2020
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Brent Suter took over and put the fire out quickly, sandwiching a pair of strikeouts around an athletic play off the mound to throw Josh Naylor out at first on his squibber down the third-base line.
—Todd Rosiak, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 4 Sep. 2020
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When a pole goes ablaze, the utility cuts power to the circuit the pole is located within so operators can put the fire out and make repairs.
—Diego Mendoza-Moyers, San Antonio Express-News, 12 Apr. 2022
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The employee tried to put the fire out with an extinguisher but was unsuccessful.
—oregonlive, 17 Mar. 2021
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The use of portable fire extinguishers was attempted to put the fire out but was not successful.
—Bob Blubaugh, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 3 Aug. 2020
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The troubleman emptied two fire extinguishers in an attempt to put the fire out and alerted the company’s dispatch center over the radio at about 5 p.m.
—Julie Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle, 17 Sep. 2021
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Allison and other neighborhood children watched as firefighters from a larger town finally put the fire out with tanks of water.
—Diana Marcum, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2022
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Bystanders attempted to put the fire out by fanning their jackets on the man, who was eventually assisted by police officers and firefighters.
—Andrea Vacchiano, Fox News, 2 Mar. 2023
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As Forbes previously reported, some who were at the museum arson site attempted to dissuade the arsonists, and one individual put the fire out.
—Thomas Brewster, Forbes, 31 Aug. 2021
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