How to Use firefighter in a Sentence

firefighter

noun
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  • That forced firefighters to carry their hose around the taxi to fight the blaze.
    — Laurent Belsie, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 Oct. 2023
  • The names of the injured firefighters haven’t been released.
    — James Hartley, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Feb. 2024
  • The roof did not collapse due to the fire, but firefighters did tear part of the roof off in order to contain the fire.
    — Madeline Mitchell, The Enquirer, 4 Sep. 2023
  • Less than two hours after the firefighters left, the couple’s fears had come to fruition.
    — Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2023
  • The sheriff's office said firefighters used a human chain to pass the presents to the deputies, who then placed them on dry land.
    — David Chiu, Peoplemag, 26 Dec. 2023
  • At one active fire, a firefighter had to break out the window of the Cruise car to stop it from running over a hose.
    — Heather Kelly, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Apr. 2023
  • Once firefighters put out the flames, police found the remains of three adults and three children inside the home.
    — Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 16 June 2023
  • In Alameda, a firefighters and the Coast Guard responded to a boat in distress of the island’s shore.
    — Grace Hase, The Mercury News, 4 Feb. 2024
  • Then, as rain pounded the riverbed, two firefighters appeared and pulled him to higher ground.
    — Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Aug. 2023
  • Because of how fast the fire was spreading, firefighters had to battle the blaze from outside the structure.
    — Hojun Choi, Dallas News, 5 Sep. 2023
  • Some firefighters were stranded on the fire line, and dozens of vehicles needed to be towed from the field and serviced.
    — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2023
  • Scott Douglas with the fire department, firefighters entered the building and put out the fire.
    — Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 10 May 2023
  • Shostakovich was a volunteer firefighter during the siege of Leningrad.
    — John Adams, The New Yorker, 4 Dec. 2023
  • At the height of the fires in August, the water ran dry, with nothing flowing from hydrants when the firefighters needed it most.
    — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 8 Dec. 2023
  • Kat Vargas and her husband, a firefighter, live in Texas.
    — Joanna Slater, Washington Post, 13 May 2023
  • One structure has been destroyed, and at least one firefighter was injured in the effort to control the flames.
    — Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2023
  • The Louisville Fire Department arrived at the scene with 30 firefighters.
    — Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 2 Mar. 2024
  • Wind gusts are expected to ease over the area by midweek, which could lend a helping hand to firefighters.
    — Mary Gilbert, CNN, 31 July 2023
  • Johnson is the son of a firefighter, who was critically burned and disabled in the line of duty.
    — Eliza Collins, WSJ, 25 Oct. 2023
  • During the initial response, groups of firefighters were seen staged near the scene waiting to respond to the blaze as neighbors gathered down the street and looked on.
    — John Miller, CNN, 7 Feb. 2024
  • In that case, Robinson pled guilty and received probation, but has remained on the job as a firefighter.
    — Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 3 Apr. 2024
  • Initially, firefighters found two occupants in the plane, with one pronounced dead on the scene.
    — Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 4 Oct. 2023
  • The paramedics and firefighters present are also being targeted by the defense team.
    — Essence, 4 Oct. 2023
  • If no one answered, bulldozers and firefighters arrived to knock down and burn down homes.
    — Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 2023
  • That fire claimed the life of one first-responder and injured four other firefighters and two tenants.
    — oregonlive, 17 May 2023
  • And thanks to all the firefighters, police officers, first responders and our troops, some of whom are stationed abroad.
    — Justin Gomez, ABC News, 23 Nov. 2023
  • Her father, Larry, was a high school football coach and firefighter.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 17 July 2023
  • Wildfires in Canada have burned an enormous swath of land and forced thousands from their homes, prompting firefighters from across the globe to descend on the country to help douse the flames.
    — Laura Dhillon Kane, Fortune, 1 June 2023
  • By Saturday evening, Humphrey said, all of the firefighters had been released from the hospital and returned to duty.
    — Marisa Gerber, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2024
  • Authorities said that at the time of the deadly explosion, firefighters were inside the home.
    — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 17 Feb. 2024

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