How to Use fire hydrant in a Sentence

fire hydrant

noun
  • Keep snow away from fire hydrants.
    — Kamron Sanders, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Dec. 2025
  • The truck also hit a fire hydrant and knocked it across the road.
    — Janelle Jessen, Arkansas Online, 5 Jan. 2021
  • As the night went on, pressure dropped in dozens of fire hydrants.
    — Matt Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Video from the crash site shows the squad car also hit a fire hydrant.
    — Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 18 May 2024
  • The top of a black smoker is like a fire hydrant with the top knocked off.
    — Steve Nadis, Quanta Magazine, 7 June 2023
  • The city was swelling and spilling around them, fire hydrants and sticky windows.
    — Literary Hub, 23 June 2025
  • The car hopped the curb, toppled a fire hydrant, and then hit the side of a house.
    — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 6 Mar. 2023
  • There were even kids playing from this fire hydrant that was broken.
    — E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 20 Apr. 2021
  • Why wasn't there any water pressure in the fire hydrants on site?
    — Madisen Keavy, CBS News, 19 June 2026
  • On the corner, two white cops re-capped the fire hydrant, cursing.
    — Colson Whitehead, The New Yorker, 19 July 2021
  • There were cars parked on both sides, except for a small stretch in front where a red fire hydrant stood.
    — Literary Hub, 19 Mar. 2026
  • There were no fire hydrants nearby, so crews had to ferry water to the scene.
    — Clifford Ward, Chicago Tribune, 7 Mar. 2025
  • The car struck a fire hydrant and a tree and caught fire with Arenas inside.
    — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2025
  • As a result, some fire hydrants ran dry during efforts to fight the flames.
    — Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 11 Jan. 2025
  • Eyes peeking out from a sewer grate, putting googly eyes on a fire hydrant.
    — Vanessa Infanzon, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
  • On top of it all, no water for fire hydrants, not firefighting planes.
    — Sabrina Haake, Chicago Tribune, 18 Jan. 2025
  • But, to their surprise, there is another car at the fire hydrant.
    — Abby Govindan, Vulture, 22 July 2021
  • And outside, a New York cop has turned on the fire hydrant in the street.
    — Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Inside the vehicle were drugs, a firearm and the fire hydrant.
    — Warren Kulo | [email protected], al, 9 Mar. 2023
  • The area is difficult to access and there aren’t fire hydrants.
    — Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 12 May 2025
  • Hundreds of fire hydrants across the city have also been stolen for scrap metal since last year.
    — Elise Preston, CBS News, 15 June 2024
  • Water to fight the fire was supplied by tankers and a nearby pond equipped with a dry fire hydrant.
    — Bob Blubaugh, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 14 Aug. 2020
  • The crash caused the boy to lose control of his vehicle, which then struck a fire hydrant.
    — Nick Lentz, CBS News, 11 Apr. 2026
  • They were not deterred when the water pressure in a fire hydrant proved too low to douse the flames.
    — Matthew Thompson, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2022
  • The first question was about how often city fire hydrants are checked for readiness in case of a fire.
    — Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2025
  • The workout includes things like fire hydrants, donkey kicks and more.
    — Emily Shiffer, Women's Health, 17 May 2023
  • Kids race through the spray of a fire hydrant and families barbecue on their front stoops.
    — Tyrone Beason, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2023
  • The temple fire was the second blaze in a week where a car was parked next to the closest fire hydrant to the blaze.
    — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 28 Feb. 2025
  • The pond's water is replenished by a small, steady stream from a fire hydrant at its center.
    — Claire Thornton, USA TODAY, 21 Sep. 2024
  • Within 15 feet of a fire hydrant or a fire station driveway.
    — Sacbee.com, 27 Nov. 2025

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