How to Use fire extinguisher in a Sentence

fire extinguisher

noun

• One of the thieves brought and discharged a fire extinguisher in the store.
  — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 18 Dec. 2023
• At the side of the bus, the crowd tried to hose them down using small fire extinguishers.
  — Nathan Thrall, Curbed, 25 Oct. 2023
• Baik tried to use a fire extinguisher, but the fire was too strong.
  — Tara Duggan, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 June 2022
• Where were the soldiers and medics and jeeps and water tanks and fire extinguishers?
  — Nathan Thrall, Curbed, 25 Oct. 2023
• Set out a heavy pot lid that fits your pan, as well as your kitchen fire extinguisher.
  — Melissa Clark, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2023
• The 13-year-old boy was able to get his four sisters out of the house as the fire spread, and then went back in to try to put out the flames with a fire extinguisher.
  — Fox News, 14 Sep. 2021
• There was a fire extinguisher in the ICU near the nursing station.
  — Tabassum Barnagarwala, Quartz, 13 Apr. 2022
• The vessel was sprayed with red and black paint from fire extinguishers.
  — Michael Lee Simpson, Peoplemag, 17 July 2023
• Someone with a fire extinguisher ran from the other side of the freeway to put out the flames that were starting to rise from the van.
  — Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 6 Sep. 2023
• Is there a fire extinguisher for the kitchen area since grease fires and stovetop flare-ups are a common cause of fires?
  — Hartford Courant, 28 Aug. 2022
• He and another man rushed to the scene with a fire extinguisher.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 26 June 2021
• The employees put the fire out with a fire extinguisher, Pechin said.
  — Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Aug. 2023
• Someone on the ground tried to knock down the flames with a fire extinguisher with little success.
  — oregonlive, 17 Aug. 2021
• One person sprayed the man with a fire extinguisher and punched him, police said.
  — Kiely Westhoff, CNN, 23 Aug. 2022
• Ensure a fire extinguisher is available and those around you know how to use it.
  — Aya Elamroussi, CNN, 29 Sep. 2022
• The lights came on, and a technician clambered up a ladder to spray the speaker with a fire extinguisher.
  — David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Aug. 2022
• Just beyond the conference room door, a fire extinguisher hung on the wall.
  — Stephanie Kuzydym, The Courier-Journal, 2 Jan. 2024
• Officers used a fire extinguisher to put out the flames.
  — Steve Helling, Peoplemag, 17 Nov. 2022
• What about a fire extinguisher, cash and a hand-crank weather radio?
  — Jessica Roy, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2023
• Midway through the third quarter, Rebels tight end Jonathan Hess grabbed a fire extinguisher and sprayed its contents into the air.
  — Blake Toppmeyer, USA TODAY, 13 Nov. 2022
• Robert Palmer, who used a fire extinguisher, a wooden plank and a pole to attack police, was sentenced to more than five years in prison.
  — Holmes Lybrand and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN, 24 Dec. 2021
• The injuries are believed to have been caused due to exposure to the irritants from the fire extinguisher, sources said.
  — Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 13 Dec. 2023
• There was a water tank there, and the soldiers surely had fire extinguishers.
  — Nathan Thrall, Curbed, 25 Oct. 2023
• The man felt heat coming from the driver’s side door of his car, and looked over to see Walton with a blowtorch the size of a small fire extinguisher pointed at his head.
  — oregonlive, 14 Nov. 2022
• Unsure if help was on the way, the troubleman tried to fight the fire himself, taking a fire extinguisher from his truck and sliding 60 to 80 yards down to where the flames were.
  — Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2021
• In the final battle, the hero bludgeons Scott with a fire extinguisher, straps a bag to his chest, pulls a grenade pin, and then front-kicks him into oblivion.
  — Joshua St. Clair, Men's Health, 24 Mar. 2023
• This fire extinguisher is equipped with a grooved collar.
  — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 7 Sep. 2023
• Another coworker saw the blaze and doused the flames with a fire extinguisher.
  — Steve Helling, PEOPLE.com, 21 Mar. 2022
• Three days before the event, the fire extinguishers were taken out of the ward by order of the head of the prison system, supposedly to be refilled.
  — Karl Vick, TIME, 6 Oct. 2023
• Though the view of the fire was partly obscured, an employee appeared to be using a fire extinguisher to put it out.
  — Lawrence Specker | [e-mail], al, 6 Aug. 2023

Last Updated: 28 May 2024