fire hose
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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The curriculum combined fire hose blasts of information about rod physics and trout-stream entomology with hands-on instruction.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 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
Even at that distance, the comet was losing water at a rate of about 40 kilograms per second, comparable to water blasting from a fully opened fire hose.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 11, 2026
“They were spraying the fire hose at the university.”
From Salon ● Dec. 13, 2025
For all of April, the jet stream had been trained on Everest like a fire hose, blasting the summit pyramid with hurricane- force winds.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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