How to Use retardant in a Sentence

retardant

adjective

• Brigham made the call to drop a goopy, fire-retardant gel on some of the trees.
  — Seth Liss, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2021
• Brigham made the call to drop a goopy fire-retardant gel on a small portion of the grove.
  — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2021
• Aerial video showed planes dumping pink fire retardant ahead of the blaze and a wall of thick smoke.
  — Phil Helsel, NBC News, 18 June 2024
• The agency also brought two large air tankers that dropped fire retardant on the blaze.
  — Isabella Volmert, Dallas News, 10 Aug. 2023
• There, crews have spread retardant and water over spot fires in the area that are burning hot.
  — Anastasia Hufham, The Salt Lake Tribune, 21 June 2022
• For the most part, tankers like the one Hopf flies drop a line of retardant not on the fire itself, but in a place that will help steer or contain the blaze.
  — Rob Verger, Popular Science, 27 Aug. 2020
• Her team also sprayed layers of fire retardant paint, both on the front and back of the board to make sure the fire didn’t take over the entire piece.
  — D.w. Pine, Time, 15 Apr. 2021
• Single-engine air tankers were dropping fire retardant on the north and west flanks of the fire.
  — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 6 Oct. 2021
• Even heavy-duty flame retardant was not enough to save home homes.
  — CBS News, 15 Sep. 2020
• Despite the heat, the roughnecks were required to wear thick fire-retardant suits.
  — Longreads, 21 Dec. 2017
• Helicopters and big air tankers dropped retardant from high above the flames.
  — Sarah Kaplan, Anchorage Daily News, 2 July 2021
• The tent’s fabric is made of fire retardant and is sealed to prevent water from leaking in.
  — Hanna Horvath, NBC News, 22 Feb. 2021
• Since the foam is exposed, it was treated with a fire retardant coating.
  — Jon Gorey, BostonGlobe.com, 12 June 2022
• On Janesville Grade Road, small and large tankers repeatedly dumped retardant on the flames.
  — Michael Cabanatuan, San Francisco Chronicle, 19 Aug. 2021
• Players and coaches glanced up, as the chopper dumped flame retardant on a small brushfire about a mile away.
  — Michael Gehlken, Dallas News, 30 July 2021
• Close to the still-smoldering burn scar from the Caldor fire, all the houses remained pink from retardant drops.
  — New York Times, 3 Jan. 2022
• Helicopters and air tankers dropped water and fire retardant to slow down the growth of the fire near Ash Creek drainage on Saturday.
  — P. Kim Bui, The Arizona Republic, 25 Apr. 2022
• An airplane dropped pink fire retardant onto the hills above.
  — Winston Gieseke, USA TODAY, 19 Sep. 2020
• Cal Fire airplanes and helicopters dropped fire retardant across areas on the U.S. side in case the fire moves north, the fire captain added.
  — Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 July 2023
• The fire retardant cost those two years reached nearly $200 million.
  — Arkansas Online, 4 July 2022
• Crews cleared brush and other fuel from a swath of land in the path of the flames, and air tankers dropped retardant between the line and St. Mary's as another buffer.
  — Arkansas Online, 12 June 2022
• Air resources are over the fire making retardant drops.
  — Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 21 June 2024
• The base buildings were unscathed, having been doused in flame-retardant gel.
  — Gregory Thomas, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 Nov. 2021
• Men in bright vests rushed to its side, hooked up thick hoses to its retardant compartment, and started pumping.
  — Julia Sclafani and Jordan Cutler-Tietjen, sacbee, 3 July 2018
• They are accustomed to broiling in thick, fire-retardant clothing and many are in their 20s.
  — Kevin Spear, orlandosentinel.com, 27 Aug. 2020
• As soon as that happens, fire retardant flows through and disperses in a 360 degree spread.
  — Catherine Garcia, The Week, 3 Aug. 2021
• The agency used two air tankers filled with water or fire retardant to extinguish and contain the fire on Sunday night.
  — Kira Caspers, The Arizona Republic, 23 Apr. 2024
• If an area is high risk, the system can alert fire agencies and even deploy a drone carrying flame retardant.
  — Rasha Aridi, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Jan. 2022
• Aircraft continued to drop retardant on the fire, and crews were working to keep it within the perimeter of their containment lines, according to Cal Fire.
  — Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 8 Aug. 2024
• Fixed-wing aircraft dropped fire retardant around the area and helicopters assisted with water drops over the weekend, fire officials said.
  — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2024

Last Updated: 12 Dec 2024