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
Over time, they made progress, hosing off embers and spot fires.
From BBC • Jan. 12, 2025
He kept hosing: “I could see progress from the helicopters.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 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
Chucha is locking up the garage and hosing down the driveway, which seems a strange thing to be doing in the middle of the night.
From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.