How to Use fire truck in a Sentence

fire truck

noun
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  • He, the rest of his crew, and a fire truck watched from across the street.
    — David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Nov. 2020
  • At least 20 fire trucks were called in over the course of a few hours.
    — Marisa Sullivan, Peoplemag, 16 May 2023
  • As the plane comes to a halt, fire trucks douse the plane with water.
    — Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 8 May 2024
  • The event starts at 2 p.m. and ends at 7 p.m. when Santa leaves in a fire truck.
    — Johanna Seltz, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Nov. 2022
  • Did any of you see the CincyFests fire truck in the parade?
    — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 13 Apr. 2022
  • The wall of flames shot out the building and burned seats inside a fire truck across the street.
    — Stefanie Dazio and Frank Baker, Houston Chronicle, 17 May 2020
  • Sixty-mile-per-hour gusts peeled back the door on a fire truck.
    — Jennifer Oldham, ProPublica, 27 Dec. 2022
  • No one was in the fire truck at the time of the collision, state police said.
    — Mike Mavredakis, Hartford Courant, 4 Jan. 2023
  • When the siloviki returned with the fire truck, dressed in all black, the whole group stormed the building.
    — New York Times, 30 Mar. 2022
  • The fire chief said that the lieutenant had never gotten off the fire truck.
    — Jessica Jaglois, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Feb. 2023
  • The Highlander had five occupants and the fire truck had one.
    — Chicago Tribune, 1 July 2023
  • There are four, sometimes five, people in the fire truck at a time.
    — Isabella Zarate, AZCentral.com, 30 July 2023
  • The protesters set fire to one of the buses and turned back a fire truck that rushed to douse it.
    — Krishan Francis, ajc, 2 Apr. 2022
  • The pair are scheduled to arrive aboard a Park Ridge fire truck.
    — Jennifer Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 20 Nov. 2021
  • Images taken at the crash scene showed the front of a sedan stuck underneath the back of the fire truck.
    — Greg Norman, Fox News, 22 Aug. 2022
  • The highlight of the event will be Santa’s arrival on a fire truck.
    — Carol Kovach, cleveland, 28 Nov. 2021
  • About 75 cars and one fire truck came out for the residents.
    — Joshua Gunter, cleveland, 13 Apr. 2020
  • There are no fire trucks, there’s no way to put anything out.
    — Sean Illing, Vox, 23 June 2024
  • Manny heard sirens in the distance but did not see any fire trucks.
    — Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC News, 6 Feb. 2024
  • By the time a fire truck arrived, the car was fully engulfed in flames, Rohrbach said.
    — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 27 July 2023
  • The historic buildings will be open and the 1929 fire truck will be on display.
    — Carol Kovach, cleveland, 7 Sep. 2021
  • Hours later, the chain the man had been waving lay on the street between two cones and a fire truck.
    — Colin Campbell, baltimoresun.com, 8 Oct. 2020
  • Highlight of the event will be Santa’s arrival on a fire truck at 4:45 p.m.
    — Carol Kovach, cleveland, 21 Nov. 2022
  • Enjoy food trucks, see a fire truck up close, and take part in giveaways.
    — Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Apr. 2022
  • There will be no fire truck or fire station at the harbor under the plan.
    — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Oct. 2022
  • About a dozen people stood chatting in groups of two and three, waiting for the fire truck.
    — Elizabeth Bobrick, New York Times, 4 May 2024
  • About 45 minutes later, the same user posted a video of a fire truck on the scene.
    — Julianne McShane, NBC News, 10 July 2022
  • Paramedics arrived at the house a few minutes later in a fire truck.
    — Jessica Boehm, The Arizona Republic, 2 Sep. 2020
  • Neighbors banded together to help with child care and held fish fries to raise money for a fire truck.
    — Kathryn Varn, Axios, 16 Sep. 2024
  • The fire truck then crashed into a nearby guardrail and overturned, KCAL reported.
    — Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 21 Sep. 2024

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