How to Use retardant in a Sentence

retardant

adjective
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  • Brigham made the call to drop a goopy, fire-retardant gel on some of the trees.
    — Seth Liss, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2021
  • Brigham made the call to drop a goopy fire-retardant gel on a small portion of the grove.
    — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2021
  • Aerial video showed planes dumping pink fire retardant ahead of the blaze and a wall of thick smoke.
    — Phil Helsel, NBC News, 18 June 2024
  • The agency also brought two large air tankers that dropped fire retardant on the blaze.
    — Isabella Volmert, Dallas News, 10 Aug. 2023
  • There, crews have spread retardant and water over spot fires in the area that are burning hot.
    — Anastasia Hufham, The Salt Lake Tribune, 21 June 2022
  • For the most part, tankers like the one Hopf flies drop a line of retardant not on the fire itself, but in a place that will help steer or contain the blaze.
    — Rob Verger, Popular Science, 27 Aug. 2020
  • Her team also sprayed layers of fire retardant paint, both on the front and back of the board to make sure the fire didn’t take over the entire piece.
    — D.w. Pine, Time, 15 Apr. 2021
  • Single-engine air tankers were dropping fire retardant on the north and west flanks of the fire.
    — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 6 Oct. 2021
  • Even heavy-duty flame retardant was not enough to save home homes.
    — CBS News, 15 Sep. 2020
  • Despite the heat, the roughnecks were required to wear thick fire-retardant suits.
    — Longreads, 21 Dec. 2017
  • Helicopters and big air tankers dropped retardant from high above the flames.
    — Sarah Kaplan, Anchorage Daily News, 2 July 2021
  • The tent’s fabric is made of fire retardant and is sealed to prevent water from leaking in.
    — Hanna Horvath, NBC News, 22 Feb. 2021
  • Since the foam is exposed, it was treated with a fire retardant coating.
    — Jon Gorey, BostonGlobe.com, 12 June 2022
  • On Janesville Grade Road, small and large tankers repeatedly dumped retardant on the flames.
    — Michael Cabanatuan, San Francisco Chronicle, 19 Aug. 2021
  • Players and coaches glanced up, as the chopper dumped flame retardant on a small brushfire about a mile away.
    — Michael Gehlken, Dallas News, 30 July 2021
  • Close to the still-smoldering burn scar from the Caldor fire, all the houses remained pink from retardant drops.
    — New York Times, 3 Jan. 2022
  • Helicopters and air tankers dropped water and fire retardant to slow down the growth of the fire near Ash Creek drainage on Saturday.
    — P. Kim Bui, The Arizona Republic, 25 Apr. 2022
  • An airplane dropped pink fire retardant onto the hills above.
    — Winston Gieseke, USA TODAY, 19 Sep. 2020
  • Cal Fire airplanes and helicopters dropped fire retardant across areas on the U.S. side in case the fire moves north, the fire captain added.
    — Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 July 2023
  • The fire retardant cost those two years reached nearly $200 million.
    — Arkansas Online, 4 July 2022
  • Crews cleared brush and other fuel from a swath of land in the path of the flames, and air tankers dropped retardant between the line and St. Mary's as another buffer.
    — Arkansas Online, 12 June 2022
  • Air resources are over the fire making retardant drops.
    — Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 21 June 2024
  • The base buildings were unscathed, having been doused in flame-retardant gel.
    — Gregory Thomas, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 Nov. 2021
  • Men in bright vests rushed to its side, hooked up thick hoses to its retardant compartment, and started pumping.
    — Julia Sclafani and Jordan Cutler-Tietjen, sacbee, 3 July 2018
  • They are accustomed to broiling in thick, fire-retardant clothing and many are in their 20s.
    — Kevin Spear, orlandosentinel.com, 27 Aug. 2020
  • As soon as that happens, fire retardant flows through and disperses in a 360 degree spread.
    — Catherine Garcia, The Week, 3 Aug. 2021
  • The agency used two air tankers filled with water or fire retardant to extinguish and contain the fire on Sunday night.
    — Kira Caspers, The Arizona Republic, 23 Apr. 2024
  • If an area is high risk, the system can alert fire agencies and even deploy a drone carrying flame retardant.
    — Rasha Aridi, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Jan. 2022
  • Firefighters and retardant drops kept flames out of neighborhoods and no homes were lost.
    — Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 Aug. 2021
  • Four helicopters will work to drop water and retardant on the fire over the weekend, officials said.
    — Julianna O'Clair, The Denver Post, 15 June 2024

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