Used in a Sentence

fireman

How to use fireman in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for fireman.

Editorial note

Regular fireman just want to take care of safety..

Examples11
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

play in which children pretend to put out a fire

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of fireman gathered in one view.

noun

play in which children pretend to put out a fire

noun

a laborer who tends fires (as on a coal-fired train or steamship)

noun

a pitcher who does not start the game

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for fireman.

noun

play in which children pretend to put out a fire

noun

a laborer who tends fires (as on a coal-fired train or steamship)

noun

a pitcher who does not start the game

Example sentences

1

Regular fireman just want to take care of safety..

2

I can no more wonder what would be obvious or not to a doctor, teacher, lawyer, fireman etc.

3

He couldn't walk, and I picked him up fireman's style, and he was coughing out and puking water all down my back as I carried him to shore.

4

These folks aren't HN-rich either: fighter pilot, fireman, teacher, social worker...

5

If we say a fireman thinks like a fire, it's a compliment, not a statement that his mind can be modeled by simple physical laws.

6

There's quite a bit of a difference between being a writer, and being a surgeon/emergency doctor/fireman.

7

I don't have to consider myself a fireman to imagine using an ABC extinguisher to save my home and family.

8

I get to vote on whether the fire station gets a new truck whether or not I've ever been a fireman, whether or not I've ever driven a truck, and whether or not my house has ever been on fire.

9

You can be a doctor and save lives, you can be a scientist, finding cures to diseases in a lab and save lives, you can be a fireman and save lives or even be an investor in nanotechnology labs and save lives.

10

Yes I'm sure there are specialized CDC facilities for special work where more extreme care is taken, I'm just guessing in general they're probably more paranoid about blood transmitted diseases than say your average rural Wisconsin fireman would be.

11

In exerting a downward force upon the air, the wing receives an upward counterforce--by the same principle, known as Newton's law of action and reaction, which makes a gun recoil as it shoves the bullet out forward; and which makes the nozzle of a fire hose press backward heavily against the fireman as it shoots out a stream of water forward.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use fireman in a sentence?

Regular fireman just want to take care of safety..

What does fireman mean?

play in which children pretend to put out a fire

What part of speech is fireman?

fireman is commonly used as noun.