How to Use diesel fuel in a Sentence

diesel fuel

noun

• In Brazil, gasoline is up 28% and diesel fuel for trucks more than 27% over the past year.
  — Tom Fairless, WSJ, 17 June 2018
• According to a police report, one of the teens put unleaded gas in the car's diesel fuel tank.
  — Maytal Levi, Cincinnati.com, 18 June 2018
• Among other things, there is little to no water or diesel fuel for generators.
  — Barnini Chakraborty, Fox News, 18 June 2018
• When the truck rolled onto its side, about 40 gallons of diesel fuel spilled on the roadway, Kane said.
  — Wayne K. Roustan, Sun-Sentinel.com, 28 June 2018
• There was talk of banning older diesels from some cities, and of ending the subsidies for diesel fuel that helped propel sales.
  — David McHugh, The Seattle Times, 2 Oct. 2018
• Cincinnati Fire Department is still assessing the amount of diesel fuel which leaked at the scene.
  — Cincinnati.com, 11 July 2018
• Investigators believe the fire was fed by tanks of diesel fuel that many tenants used to run emergency generators.
  — Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics, 10 Sep. 2018
• For those reasons, other strategic stocks of all kinds will become more important—not just those that hold oil but also ones that hold natural gas and oil products such as diesel fuel and gasoline.
  — Jason Bordoff, Foreign Affairs, 10 Apr. 2023
• That includes using automation, increasing the amount of power to the boring machine, and replacing diesel fuel with electric power.
  — Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 14 June 2018
• Ultra-low-sulfur diesel fuel to power drilling rigs and vehicles has also been trucked to the fields for about a decade, creating roadway and environmental hazards when trucks overturn.
  — Alex Demarban, Anchorage Daily News, 25 June 2018
• At the time, the island’s hospitals were struggling to function, shortages of diesel fuel were keeping supermarkets closed and generators idle, and the death rate on the island was soaring.
  — Frances Robles, New York Times, 12 July 2018
• The irony, though, is that the ship runs on diesel fuel.
  — Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 17 Dec. 2019
• Three days prior to the event, Bill soaked it down with kerosene and diesel fuel.
  — al, 12 June 2021
• At present, the CTA has about 1,900 buses and most run on diesel fuel.
  — Tom Krisher, ajc, 4 Mar. 2023
• The price of diesel fuel also went over the $5, to hit an average of $5.02.
  — William Thornton | [e-mail], al, 10 Mar. 2022
• On the drive, Hari stopped at a gas station and filled a bottle with diesel fuel and gas.
  — Andy Mannix, Star Tribune, 13 Nov. 2020
• The price of diesel fuel remains high, at around $5.30 a gallon.
  — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2022
• There is good reason to try: Siphons don’t need diesel fuel.
  — Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 12 June 2024
• Yes, good ol’ dirty diesel fuel is coming to the rescue again.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 18 Feb. 2021
• The tax cut, which does not apply to diesel fuel, propane or home heating oil.
  — Jesse Leavenworth, courant.com, 5 Apr. 2022
• The weight of the crane then flipped the cargo vessel over, sending the ship — and the 600 gallons of diesel fuel — into the water.
  — Joelle Goldstein, PEOPLE.com, 23 Dec. 2019
• One liter of diesel fuel was poured in Bedroom 2, as well as a liter of gasoline in the living room.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 9 May 2023
• Each 262 feet high, the cranes replaced an older crane that ran on diesel fuel.
  — Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Mar. 2024
• Each 262 feet high, the cranes replaced an older crane that ran on diesel fuel.
  — Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Aug. 2023
• The gas tax suspension would reduce the cost of a gallon of diesel fuel by 24 cents.
  — Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2022
• The drip torch has a wick that stays lit while in use and a long metal tube that drips a mixture of diesel fuel and gasoline over the wick.
  — Dennis Pillion | [e-mail], al, 12 Feb. 2023
• Thieves 'with trap door' steal over 1,000 gallons of diesel fuel from a gas station.
  — Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY, 16 Mar. 2022
• The Kitty Hawk was the next-to-last U.S. aircraft carrier built to run on diesel fuel.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Jan. 2022
• The truck’s front tank was punctured in the crash, spilling about 2,000 gallons of diesel fuel, according to DEC.
  — Alex Demarban, Anchorage Daily News, 6 June 2019
• More than 90% of current buses run on gasoline or diesel fuel.
  — Joann Muller, Axios, 4 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 12 Dec 2024