hose

Example Sentences

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A giant hose is lifted from the laden ship to the empty one and oil is pumped, sometimes more than a million barrels at a go.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

Then they were able to focus their unstaffed hose lines more on the internal tank to start better cooling measures and reduce the internal temperature of the substance.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

This gives the heart a bigger job of pumping it around the body and it copes by dialling up the blood pressure - a bit like cranking the tap on a garden hose pipe.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

"A lot of energy systems, power plants have rubber parts. Everybody's had a garden hose that started leaking because a rubber gasket failed. Now imagine that happening in a power plant or a chemical plant."

From Science Daily • May 13, 2026

The water flowed into the funnel, where it descended through a black hose and settled into a metal container secured to the edge of the building.

From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser