- present participle of hose.
hosing
Example Sentences
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Firefighters quickly began hosing down the smoking reactor -- "they didn't let the fire spread," Solovyov said.
From Barron's ● Apr. 25, 2026
He worked six days a week, hosing down cars, soaping them up and vacuuming inside.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2025
The prime minister promised back in September to allow veterans to get onto social hosing lists more easily.
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2024
Urban Alchemy officials said the worker was hosing the sidewalk to clean feces left by the unhoused person in the video, whom they have subsequently placed in transitional housing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 23, 2024
Like, too old to be hosing down blazing houses, that’s for sure.
From "All American Boys" by Jason Reynolds
