fireman

Example Sentences

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As a teenager, Woods left Columbus for Missouri in 1872 to take a job as a railroad fireman.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

"As I recall he was very rarely there," said the former fireman from Gwynedd.

From BBC • Jan. 5, 2026

“Those corridors fill up with smoke, so now you’re having to do a fireman crawl along the floor for potentially hundreds of feet,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 23, 2025

Once again, he is both arsonist and fireman.

From Salon • Oct. 31, 2025

If you don’t know, there’s always an alternative, like head instead of chairman, press officer instead of spokesman, firefighter instead of fireman, representative instead of congressman, and so on.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner