How to Use firehouse in a Sentence

firehouse

noun
  • In many ways some will do better in a home than in the firehouse.
    — Charles J. Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 13 Apr. 2021
  • The highway, the path back back to the firehouse, was aflame.
    — Lizzie Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Sep. 2020
  • Growing up, all the kids would run to the firehouse when the alarm rang.
    — Alix Strauss, New York Times, 9 Aug. 2019
  • He was ordered to stay away from the firehouse and the woman.
    — Meghan E. Irons, BostonGlobe.com, 14 May 2018
  • He has been ordered to stay away from the woman and the firehouse.
    — Meghan E. Irons, BostonGlobe.com, 20 June 2018
  • How does your training fit into your shifts at the firehouse?
    — Greg Presto, Men's Health, 13 Apr. 2022
  • The firehouse, Ansbro was told, will be closed for some time.
    — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Dad also learned love and laughter at the firehouse across the street.
    — Wendy Murphy, Boston Herald, 30 Dec. 2025
  • There are three floors of space to spread out in this old Chicago firehouse.
    — Darcel Rockett, chicagotribune.com, 16 Sep. 2020
  • Before that, the old brick building with garage bay doors was a firehouse.
    — Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 23 May 2025
  • This is the first time that the firehouse has raffled off a firearm to raise money.
    — David Anderson, baltimoresun.com, 17 Mar. 2021
  • The retreat’s small firehouse was useless, as flames licked its base.
    — Richard Read, oregonlive, 22 Sep. 2020
  • Some of which, such as the beloved Slimer, are still living in the firehouse.
    — Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Mar. 2024
  • In Malaga, the first man to the firehouse jumps in a truck and speeds to the scene.
    — Kevin Dupzyk, Popular Mechanics, 20 June 2016
  • It was meant to have a joint firehouse there, where both could work toward making the city safe.
    — Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 16 June 2026
  • The firehouse was left as a pile of debris and twisted metal.
    — New York Times, 16 Dec. 2021
  • The lobby and a second-floor seating area for guests are in the firehouse.
    — Kate Marijolovic, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Jan. 2025
  • Tuesday took her back to the brick firehouse just up the road from Sandy Hook.
    — The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 29 May 2022
  • Marshall vowed that all firehouses will be open in the summer.
    — Riley Rourke, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026
  • The box, like other tools inside the firehouse, exists to save lives.
    — Holly V. Hays, The Indianapolis Star, 17 June 2021
  • Near Truck 47 at the firehouse, a pair of turnout pants and boots were seen on the ground.
    — Sam Charles, Chicago Tribune, 17 Mar. 2026
  • Joseph Lynskey had never spent much time in a firehouse and was not sure what to expect.
    — Katherine Rosman, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2025
  • The station is a three-floor old firehouse built around 1917.
    — New York Times, 1 July 2022
  • Rochelle said through a spokesman that she was hired to act as project manager in a city push to build a new firehouse.
    — Edmund H. Mahony, courant.com, 9 Nov. 2021
  • Caller said there is a male transient sleeping on the grass near the bus stop in front of the firehouse.
    — Patricia Bicoy, Orange County Register, 23 May 2017
  • Remember to park in one of the two parking lots behind the firehouse.
    — Christina Hyder, Howard County Times, 6 July 2018
  • Why would Luke Leone bring him into Vince’s firehouse?
    — Alamin Yohannes, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Typically, the inside of the fruit is left out at the firehouse (not for long) as a snack.
    — Erik S. Hanley, Journal Sentinel, 9 Aug. 2024
  • The rugged fire captain and rodeo rider runs Nashville's busiest firehouse with his son.
    — Bryan West, Nashville Tennessean, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Plumes of smoke could be seen from the firehouse before firefighters rushed to the scene, Brown said.
    — Andrew Jeong, Washington Post, 12 Apr. 2023

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