hose

Example Sentences

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We see them appear out of the dark at speed to make the delicate manoeuvre to feed their fuel-hungry jets - locking on to a hose trailing from the tanker wing.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

At the meditation center, Sarah found people bathing with her hose nightly and leaving the water running, cutting into water lines, and making warming fires close to the building.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

And resident Leung Ho-hin said he saw two neighbours try to use a fire hose, but "no water" came out.

From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026

When two of her sons got into a fight on the front lawn in Annapolis, she ended it by spraying them with a garden hose.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

I turned around and picked up the garden hose, which was lying coiled on the edge of the patio.

From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott