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

In between matches, hard-working staff are hosing down the courts to cool the sand.

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026

Two workers were loading equipment onto trucks and a third was hosing the fresh cement that will sit under a new house.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 13, 2025

“All wasteful water use such as hosing down driveways and impervious surfaces, allowing water to flow unattended and using water in a grossly inefficient manner, is prohibited,” the Southwest Florida Water Management District website says.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 7, 2023

More were at work on their boats, polishing brass, sitting on deck splicing ropes, hosing down the sails.

From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt