How to Use extinguish in a Sentence

extinguish

verb

• The fire department was called in to extinguish the blaze.
• He extinguished his cigarette in the ashtray.
• News of the conflict extinguished our hopes for a peaceful resolution.
• They ruthlessly extinguished all resistance.
• The fastest way to extinguish a fire depends on the type and size of the fire.
  — Jim Baird, Field & Stream, 28 June 2023
• The fire chief and the head of the firefighters union later said that the fire was extinguished.
  — Jon Schuppe, NBC News, 19 Sep. 2023
• No one was inside the shack at the time and the fire was extinguished by 5:30 p.m., county fire said.
  — Bay City News, The Mercury News, 8 Jan. 2024
• The railroad said the fire had been extinguished by 5:30 p.m. Thursday.
  — Josh Funk, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2023
• Braun yanked the sweater off, extinguishing the flames in one lucky swoop.
  — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 3 May 2023
• It was extinguished five hours later, and the house was a total loss, the report says.
  — NBC news, 27 Apr. 2023
• The fire would have been caught in time to be extinguished with the firefighting equipment on board.
  — Vicki Moore, The Mercury News, 16 Jan. 2024
• The fire took about 10 minutes to extinguish, and no one was injured.
  — Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 28 Mar. 2023
• Rick Vaughn had to extinguish many fires in the weeks leading up to the first game in Tampa Bay Rays history.
  — Tom Layberger, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
• Don’t let the premise extinguish your flames, though — the style is anything but stuffy at this 61-room boutique beauty.
  — Lane Nieset, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
• The man burned for about a minute and collapsed on the ground, the video showed, before law enforcement began to extinguish the fire.
  — Emily Davies, Washington Post, 25 Feb. 2024
• The fire was extinguished, and investigators were called to the scene.
  — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 14 Dec. 2023
• Firefighters were able to extinguish the fire that broke out in a fourth floor apartment.
  — Deanese Williams-Harris, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2024
• Rain from a day earlier seemed to have extinguished the last remnants of fire.
  — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 19 Nov. 2023
• The word alone evokes candles snuffed, fires extinguished, flames slowly dimmed.
  — Lauren Sanchez, Vogue, 24 Aug. 2023
• But similar to the Terps’ sizzling start to open the game, Clark extinguished it and held them at bay despite their best efforts to fight back.
  — Taylor Lyons, Baltimore Sun, 4 Feb. 2024
• Fire Marshal Randy Paige said the fire took roughly 24 hours to fully extinguish.
  — Gabriella Ybarra, San Antonio Express-News, 20 Apr. 2023
• Some wet weather in Quebec gave firefighters a chance to get ahead of some of the flames, but there hasn’t been enough rain to extinguish the wildfires.
  — Mike Householder, Fortune, 28 June 2023
• But behind the smelter, farmers complained that their hopes had been extinguished.
  — Peter S. Goodman Ulet Ifansasti, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2023
• Crews planned to extinguish hot spots and build containment lines around the burn area through Monday, Cornette said.
  — David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 July 2023
• Once the flames were extinguished, authorities found the remains of three adults and three children inside the home.
  — Craig Shoup, USA TODAY, 16 June 2023
• The fire, which was extinguished in less than an hour, is believed to have been caused by a lightning strike, said Jason Evans, a spokesman for the department.
  — Hojun Choi, Dallas News, 21 June 2023
• Firefighters then entered the home with a hose line and attempted to extinguish the fire from the inside.
  — Chicago Tribune, 6 July 2023
• The fire was extinguished by 5:20 p.m., Carnival said, including flames from a portion of the funnel that broke off and fell onto one of the ship decks.
  — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 25 Mar. 2024
• Last July, fire crews found a man dead in the duplex after extinguishing one of the previous fires there.
  — oregonlive, 5 July 2023
• Fire units were able to extinguish the main body of the fire within minutes of arriving at the scene, according to the BCPD, but none of the children survived.
  — Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 20 Dec. 2023

Last Updated: 5 May 2024