How to Use fire engine in a Sentence

fire engine

noun
Definition of fire enginenext
  • One person suggested that crews should have used the fire engine to knock the car out of the way.
    — Teri Webster, Dallas News, 31 Aug. 2020
  • There were no injuries to the driver or passenger of the fire engine.
    — Madeline Ackley, The Arizona Republic, 13 Sep. 2020
  • Up next is a new fire engine, which will replace a 20-year-old vehicle.
    — John Benson, cleveland, 27 Aug. 2020
  • Regarding the older fire engine, the city will sell it online.
    — John Benson, cleveland, 15 Oct. 2020
  • The very first fire engine was actually built by the fire chief, said Freeman.
    — Linda Gandee, cleveland, 6 Oct. 2020
  • The coal truck driver apparently did not see or hear the approaching fire engine.
    — Suzanne Baker, chicagotribune.com, 16 Oct. 2020
  • Another amenity on the new fire engine that the fire chief said was designed specifically with Seven Hills in mind is scene lighting.
    — John Benson, cleveland, 15 Oct. 2020
  • Three fire department employees staffed the fire engine and the semitrailer had a single operator, police said.
    — Amy Lavalley, chicagotribune.com, 24 Sep. 2020
  • Meanwhile, the cut of a fire engine raises the specter of past Fire Department losses, including the closure of fire stations.
    — Alison Dirr, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 22 Sep. 2020
  • An ambulance and fire engine responded, along with additional police.
    — Washington Post, 24 Nov. 2020
  • The collision occurred between the front of the semitrailer and the left center to the rear of the fire engine as both vehicles entered the intersection at the same time, a release said.
    — Amy Lavalley, chicagotribune.com, 24 Sep. 2020
  • Dan Dundon and Tim McDevitt volunteered to stay put, hoping to use the fire engine and water resources to protect the resort.
    — Jake Thomas, oregonlive, 18 Sep. 2020
  • The fire department currently sends a minimum of one ambulance, staffed with two personnel, and one fire engine, staffed with three personnel, regardless of the type and severity of each call.
    — Kaitlin Edquist, chicagotribune.com, 2 Oct. 2020
  • As a pumper truck, the fire engine carries water and hoses to the scene.
    — John Benson, cleveland, 1 Dec. 2021
  • The lieutenant who was fired never got out of the fire engine, the chief said.
    — Mitch Smith, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2023
  • Images posted with the tweet showed a car pinned under the front bumper of the fire engine.
    — Rebekah Wahlberg, The Salt Lake Tribune, 8 Mar. 2021
  • The crew took Seamus with them in the fire engine, drying & warming him up on the way to his house.
    — CBS News, 19 Jan. 2023
  • By the time the fire engines rolled up, around 25 men were perched on ledges or dangling from windowsills.
    — Robert Klara, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 June 2023
  • Santa will wave to youngsters from 1 to 4 p.m. as a fire engine drives him around town.
    — cleveland, 13 Nov. 2022
  • The berries vary from fire engine red to almost black, with matching crowns; always look for the crown.
    — Bon Appétit, 29 Apr. 2022
  • The off-roader is done up in fire engine red and is free of any chrome accents (even the badging is blacked out).
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 14 June 2021
  • In the video, the water is above Bachle’s waist and flowing into the cabin of a fire engine.
    — Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN, 29 Sep. 2022
  • If this really is the end of the Netflix era, Stranger Things 4 threw the kind of Irish wake that requires a fire engine.
    — Darren Franich, EW.com, 5 July 2022
  • Ten fire engines and about 70 firefighters were called for flooding in the area.
    — Derrick Bryson Taylor, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2024
  • And, at the time of this writing, the fire engine red model is on sale for almost 40 percent off.
    — Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics, 13 May 2022
  • Those crews have about 13 fire engines and two ladder trucks, but they're all designed for on-road use.
    — CBS News, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Unger said that when the hail finally let up, a foot of hail was covering his fire engine and roads in the area.
    — Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 21 May 2024
  • The coming Type VI fire engine is known as a small brush rig and can go off road with 250 gallons of water.
    — Blake Nelsonstaff Reporter, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 June 2022
  • Crews — include a Cal Fire helicopter and six fire engines — had stopped forward progress around 10 a.m., according to Cal Fire.
    — Kate Talerico, The Mercury News, 15 June 2024
  • Twenty fire engines and other vehicles were expected to be on the scene fighting the fire overnight, fire officials said.
    — Marilyn Heck, ABC News, 5 June 2024

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