hosing
Example Sentences
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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
The prime minister promised back in September to allow veterans to get onto social hosing lists more easily.
From BBC • Nov. 8, 2024
“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
He goes back and forth on the docks, hosing down the charter boats, once the tourists and fish are gone.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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