How to Use hydrant in a Sentence

hydrant

noun
  • The fire hydrant could be moved soon, but the PG&E work is still up in the air.
    Gary Richards, The Mercury News, 29 May 2017
  • The truck also hit a fire hydrant and knocked it across the road.
    Janelle Jessen, Arkansas Online, 5 Jan. 2021
  • The car went off the roadway to the right and struck a mailbox and fire hydrant.
    Bruce Geiselman, cleveland, 27 Dec. 2019
  • Strong enough to cut, pry, twist the screw, open fire hydrant, saw wood, etc.
    Maren Estrada, BGR, 12 Apr. 2021
  • You're not supposed to park in front of a fire hydrant.
    Sebastian Blanco, Car and Driver, 15 Aug. 2020
  • The first batch of the hydrants are set to be installed Monday.
    James B. Nelson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 25 June 2018
  • Fire crews could not make it to them, and hydrants ran of water.
    Justine McDaniel, Washington Post, 22 Aug. 2023
  • The caller said the Jeep had nearly hit a fire hydrant.
    John Benson, cleveland, 21 Oct. 2020
  • But if the hydrant had been closer to the vehicle, that may not have been the case.
    Teri Webster, Dallas News, 31 Aug. 2020
  • Fire crews scrambled to shut off the hydrant as the water rained down on them.
    Jonah Valdezstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2023
  • Fire hydrants are painted to look like priests and saints.
    New York Times, 1 Aug. 2019
  • His truck veered off the road, hit a fire hydrant and smashed through a fence before hitting the tree.
    Jane Ford-Stewart, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 July 2018
  • For the first time since the fire hydrant, Tiger Woods’ timing is perfect.
    Bruce Jenkins, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Mar. 2018
  • In Paris, dozens of fire hydrants had been opened overnight on Wednesday.
    Raphael Minder, New York Times, 28 June 2019
  • On the corner, two white cops re-capped the fire hydrant, cursing.
    Colson Whitehead, The New Yorker, 19 July 2021
  • But many of the problems on the other side centered on Trump and his hydrant of claims.
    Anchorage Daily News, 10 Jan. 2021
  • The car split in half and then sheared a fire hydrant before catching on fire.
    Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2022
  • The store has piggy banks in the shape of cats and dogs, treat jars that look like fire hydrants and slippers with paw prints.
    Cathie Anderson, sacbee.com, 1 June 2017
  • The former All-Juice ’backer is built like a fire hydrant but hits like a tank.
    Terez A. Paylor, kansascity, 15 Dec. 2017
  • Workers were able to shut off the water at the broken hydrant.
    Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Dec. 2020
  • The woman swerved to avoid the other car and veered off the right side of the road striking the fire hydrant, which caused her airbags to deploy.
    cleveland, 13 Mar. 2020
  • On the next scorcher: Partake in a New York City tradition and cool off in the spray of an open fire hydrant.
    New York Times, 21 Aug. 2019
  • The suspect crashed into a fire hydrant at 147th and Wood streets in Harvey and fled on foot.
    Frank Vaisvilas, Daily Southtown, 9 July 2017
  • There were reports that the closest hydrant was not working at the time of the fire, but Cokefair said that was not the case.
    Frank Abderholden, Lake County News-Sun, 8 May 2018
  • The car then hit a fire hydrant, rolled over and came to a stop by a retaining wall, police said.
    Evan MacDonald, cleveland.com, 15 Dec. 2017
  • His hydrant-yellow summit suit had dulled to the hue of a fallen leaf.
    Krista Stevens, Longreads, 20 Dec. 2017
  • The city also charges $25 if fire hydrants have not been shoveled out.
    Ricardo Torres, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10 Feb. 2020
  • An officer cited the car since it was parked in front of a fire hydrant.
    cleveland, 30 Dec. 2020
  • The city said this was the second time in six months that firefighters’ access to a hydrant was blocked.
    Taylor Hartz, Hartford Courant, 21 Mar. 2024
  • Ridge was trying to get distance from a hydrant to avoid a ticket.
    Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 19 Feb. 2024

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