How to Use pumper in a Sentence

pumper

noun
  • At the scene, some of the men began dragging hoses from a pumper truck.
    — Serhii Korolchuk, Washington Post, 11 Sep. 2022
  • The newest pumper is from 2004.
    — Daniel McFadin, Arkansas Online, 19 Aug. 2025
  • The goal is to have the pumper ready and begin the agreement early next year.
    — Sue Kiesewetter, The Enquirer, 23 June 2021
  • As a pumper truck, the fire engine carries water and hoses to the scene.
    — John Benson, cleveland, 1 Dec. 2021
  • The band takes it from an alluring tune to an annoying fist-pumper.
    — Troy L. Smith, cleveland, 14 Dec. 2021
  • The fire department sent two pumpers, three trucks and two ambulances to the scene.
    — Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Plus, there's a fire station with a fire simulator, a pumper truck with a hose and a fire pool.
    — Amy Schwabe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 19 June 2018
  • The money helped pay for a new pumper truck for the volunteer fire department.
    — Angela Barajas and Martin Savidge, CNN, 25 Mar. 2021
  • The company sold every type of pumper, engine and ladder truck.
    — Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2022
  • Back then, wind power still conjured up images of quaint Dutch mills and creaky prairie water pumpers.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 15 June 2026
  • No prior discussions occurred with council as a whole about the pumper purchase.
    — Beth Mlady, cleveland, 23 July 2021
  • The document said that the driver of the Honda did not stop for the oncoming pumper.
    — Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Three fire trucks were damaged, with two of them — an engine and a tanker/pumper — having to be taken out of service for repairs.
    — Joe Taschler, Journal Sentinel, 15 July 2022
  • The pumper is owned by Liberty Township and no longer used as a frontline piece of equipment.
    — Sue Kiesewetter, The Enquirer, 10 June 2022
  • Plano Fire-Rescue will receive two pumper fire trucks and an aerial ladder truck to replace old trucks.
    — Teri Webster, Dallas News, 21 June 2022
  • The escalation from ballad to heart-pumper is deft, with a lone synth note the perfect segue from teasing to demanding.
    — Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 17 May 2022
  • Emergency pumper trucks greeted the aircraft with an arching shower of water known as a water salute.
    — Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 10 Oct. 2025
  • This year’s unit, led by Michele Macfarlane, will feature horses hitched to an antique steam fire pumper.
    — Jayne Yutig, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Dec. 2025
  • The station opened March 27 with a pumper truck staffed by three firefighters, said Wilson.
    — Karen Zurawski, Houston Chronicle, 15 May 2018
  • As the area’s largest groundwater pumper, the company has caused a substantial share of the subsidence.
    — Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2023
  • Pumper is not a signatory to the loans, but three relatives and a former business associate are.
    — Peter Krouse, cleveland.com, 30 June 2017
  • God gives glory and skill in all vocations, from janitors and septic tank pumpers to surgeons and scientists.
    — Author: Rev. Julia Seymour, Alaska Dispatch News, 12 Oct. 2017
  • Powerful streams of water coming from pumper truck hoses and a brisk December breeze pushed the smoke rising into the air .
    — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 16 Dec. 2025
  • The Honda, which the document said had crossed in front of the pumper while exceeding the speed limit, became stuck in the truck’s bumper.
    — Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Currently the station has six fire apparatus in the building, including brush, pumper and fire trucks.
    — Vanesa Brashier, Houston Chronicle, 22 Oct. 2017
  • Urban firefighting systems, like fire engines, ladder trucks, and pumpers, are overwhelmed by the sheer number of homes to defend.
    — Time, 22 Aug. 2023
  • In 1927 Huntsville took possession of its new Ahrens-Fox pumper engine.
    — Jonece Starr Dunigan, AL.com, 6 July 2017
  • But to close out the show, the band launched into the Bon Jovi fist-pumper, which, astonishingly, turns 40 next year.
    — David Browne, Rolling Stone, 11 Aug. 2025
  • Instead, pumper trucks delivered water from a nearby source in Waukesha and filled a basin, from which water was drawn to extinguish the fire.
    — Jim Riccioli, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 1 May 2018
  • The memorial, designed and built by factory employees, has two Mueller fire hydrants with the men’s names inscribed on the pumper caps.
    — William Thornton | [email protected], al, 15 June 2022

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