How to Use fire engine in a Sentence

fire engine

noun
  • Six new fire engines are now in service.
    — Jeff Nguyen, CBS News, 9 Jan. 2026
  • As their names were read, a silver fire engine bell rang out for each of them.
    — Jess Nocera, baltimoresun.com, 11 Sep. 2019
  • Dozens of fire engines were deployed.
    — ABC News, 19 June 2026
  • Sheriff’s deputies blocked the road for a time to make room for fire engines and crews.
    — Luke Garrett, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Oct. 2019
  • The fire engine red coat was draped over a micro mini red dress.
    — Charna Flam, People.com, 18 Feb. 2025
  • As a pumper truck, the fire engine carries water and hoses to the scene.
    — John Benson, cleveland, 1 Dec. 2021
  • The lieutenant who was fired never got out of the fire engine, the chief said.
    — Mitch Smith, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2023
  • Ray believes that the fire engines that raced to his home were hindered by the gate.
    — T. Christian Miller, Propublica, Kiah Collier and Julian Aguilar, star-telegram, 14 Dec. 2017
  • Two fire engines were used to put out the blaze, the city's fire department said.
    — ABC News, 4 July 2026
  • First responders were also on the scene along with a fire engine.
    — Mirna Alsharif, NBC news, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Images posted with the tweet showed a car pinned under the front bumper of the fire engine.
    — Rebekah Wahlberg, The Salt Lake Tribune, 8 Mar. 2021
  • Scores of police cars, fire engines and ambulances lined both sides of the road.
    — The Courier-Journal, 14 May 2018
  • When the first fire engine arrived, there was smoke showing from the attic.
    — Ruth Brown, idahostatesman, 5 July 2018
  • One person suggested that crews should have used the fire engine to knock the car out of the way.
    — Teri Webster, Dallas News, 31 Aug. 2020
  • The dogs’ barks could be heard over the drone of the fire engines and construction equipment.
    — Cameron Knight, Cincinnati.com, 25 Nov. 2019
  • The ladder truck will replace a 26-year-old fire engine.
    — Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2026
  • The burning question, of course, is whether the fire engine could run out of juice during a call.
    — CBS News, 12 Dec. 2019
  • When the first fire engine arrived, heavy fire and heavy black smoke was coming from the second floor.
    — Akira Kyles, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 18 Sep. 2019
  • The berries vary from fire engine red to almost black, with matching crowns; always look for the crown.
    — Bon Appétit, 29 Apr. 2022
  • The new fire engine is scheduled to arrive around May or June.
    — Melanie Feuk, Houston Chronicle, 10 Jan. 2020
  • There were no injuries to the driver or passenger of the fire engine.
    — Madeline Ackley, The Arizona Republic, 13 Sep. 2020
  • The event kicks off with a parade of fire engines and apparatus trucks.
    — Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 June 2026
  • The robot eventually cleared its path, and the fire engine was able to pass through.
    — Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 23 Sep. 2025
  • By the time the fire engines rolled up, around 25 men were perched on ledges or dangling from windowsills.
    — Robert Klara, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 June 2023
  • The off-roader is done up in fire engine red and is free of any chrome accents (even the badging is blacked out).
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 14 June 2021
  • Those crews have about 13 fire engines and two ladder trucks, but they're all designed for on-road use.
    — CBS News, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Let’s hope the West has its fire engines ready should the conflagration spread.
    — Leon Aron, WSJ, 16 Oct. 2018
  • About the size of a football, the fire engine-red sirens look like a clunky, portable speaker.
    — Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2026
  • And Waymo does things like pulling over for fire engines, which Tesla doesn’t do.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Ten fire engines and about 70 firefighters were called for flooding in the area.
    — Derrick Bryson Taylor, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2024

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