How to Use hydrant in a Sentence

hydrant

noun

• One climbs onto a fire hydrant, a yellow nub of an island in the flood, and arches her back.
  — Time, 13 Sep. 2017
• The large front door, which welcomes you with a gold fire hydrant, is perfect for when the dogs host their human friends.
  — Jenna Milliner-Waddell, ELLE Decor, 29 Aug. 2017
• So much is sprayed, the team has to periodically stop at fire hydrants to refill the tank.
  — Gary Warth, sandiegouniontribune.com, 29 Sep. 2017
• Two suspects tried driving away but their vehicle went off the road and struck a fire hydrant when officers tried to stop them.
  — Andy Attina / Cleveland.com, cleveland.com, 19 Oct. 2017
• Stacks must be away from fire hydrants, mail boxes, and any meter, cable or electrical boxes.
  — Junette Reyes, Sun-Sentinel.com, 19 Sep. 2017
• Farmington Hills has partial water service to its hydrants.
  — John Wisely, Detroit Free Press, 24 Oct. 2017
• But Beckham needs to relieve himself of that fire hydrant touchdown celebration.
  — Jeff McLane, Philly.com, 24 Sep. 2017
• Flores-Flores, who police said might have lost control while traveling at a high speed, was ejected and struck a fire hydrant, police said.
  — Justin Wm. Moyer, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2017
• Do not park within 3 feet of any driveway or within 15 of a fire hydrant or your car WILL be towed.
  — Doug MacCash, NOLA.com, 24 Oct. 2017
• TxDOT warns that debris should not be placed near water meters, fire hydrants or any other above-ground utility.
  — Community Report, Houston Chronicle, 25 Oct. 2017
• Leaf piles must also be free of brush and rubbish, Barnett said, and should not be piled around fire hydrants, electrical boxes, telephone or light poles, or mailboxes.
  — Brian Lisik/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland.com, 24 Oct. 2017
• There are crosswalks, bike lanes, curbs, and fire hydrants, all surrounded by fake buildings and populated by eerily lifelike crash test dummy pedestrians.
  — Mark Harris /, NBC News, 10 Oct. 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
• Ridge was trying to get distance from a hydrant to avoid a ticket.
  — Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 19 Feb. 2024
• But as far as hydrants being stolen in the City of Los Angeles, there have not been any recent reports of such acts.
  — Greg Wehner, Fox News, 6 June 2024

Last Updated: 25 Oct 2024