How to Use filling station in a Sentence

filling station

noun
  • Most will love the old-school power and sounds of the IS 500, but a visit to the filling station could yank them back to the future.
    Tribune News Service, cleveland, 30 July 2022
  • Laundry and showers for campers were shut down, and RV dump-fill stations were not available.
    Washington Post, 30 Mar. 2018
  • In some cases, the bags are already filled with sand while in others, the city offers free bags and a filling station.
    Ricardo Cano, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Oct. 2021
  • Debris from tornadoes pile around the pumps of a filling station late Sunday in Shawnee, Okla.
    NBC News, 11 Oct. 2021
  • Gone are the gas pumps that American motorists have been using to pump their own gas at filling stations since 1905.
    Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2019
  • Guests can enjoy Starbucks coffee, a water filling station, sweet and savory snacks, fresh pastries in the morning and a dessert bar in the evening.
    Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 29 July 2022
  • The Class of 2018 gift was charging stations and water bottle filling stations for the senior class access area.
    Jane Donahue, Naperville Sun, 31 May 2018
  • Finch’s signature cocktail tastes like a dreamsicle and feels right at home in the former filling station that dates back to 1922.
    Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News, 18 Sep. 2020
  • Dashing from filling stations to houses and factories and back, Mr. Tamanz tried to meet demand.
    Peter Schwartzstein, New York Times, 11 Jan. 2020
  • The hydrogen, suitably compressed, is stored in a tank on board the vehicle, and is replenished at a filling station, like petrol.
    The Economist, 4 July 2020
  • Existing tractors would need to use a biomethane filling station and there’s no infrastructure in place for that.
    Jeff Kart, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2021
  • Hagerty also told Bob Fitzpatrick about an opening at the filling station.
    Susan Degrane, Chicago Tribune, 11 May 2022
  • There are also restrooms, water bottle filling stations and a gift shop.
    Rachel Berry, Cincinnati.com, 24 June 2019
  • Diggers should be aware much of the access has been closed and those driving to the coast should bring their own food and drinks and enough fuel to get home without visiting local stores and filling stations.
    oregonlive, 18 Apr. 2020
  • The walkout followed the stoppage by truckers, who blocked highways and left the country’s filling stations without fuel and hospitals short of medicines.
    Paulo Trevisani, WSJ, 31 May 2018
  • At Kountry Xpress, the convenience store and filling station where the beating happened, truck drivers stop frequently to fill up on fuel.
    Andrew Demillo, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2022
  • The crisis entered its second full week on Monday, as some drivers took to sleeping in their cars overnight to try to get fuel early in the morning, before filling stations run out.
    Rebecca Elliott, WSJ, 14 Jan. 2019
  • Until those chargers are installed, love your new EV but don't count on filling up to be necessarily as easy as hitting the filling station on a road trip.
    Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 6 May 2022
  • Hundreds of vehicles lined up for fuel at filling stations.
    Riyaz Wani, Quartz India, 4 Aug. 2019
  • Those water fill stations will be open until 6 p.m. Saturday.
    Molly Harbarger, OregonLive.com, 3 June 2018
  • Most of us don't live anywhere near a hydrogen filling station, and the Mirai's sub-$400-per-month lease rates almost certainly don't reflect the cost of its fuel cell or its carbon-fiber storage tank.
    Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver, 12 Aug. 2020
  • The city plans to generate its own wind and solar power and is installing a hydrogen filling station for a fleet of 42 buses powered by hydrogen fuel cells.
    New York Times, 28 Feb. 2021
  • Bring water bottles, fill stations are available at Waterfront Park.
    The Courier-Journal, 30 Aug. 2017
  • The plan recommends an outdoor water-filling station, a water play area for children or other features to connect the center to the river theme and a touch-screen kiosk that offers directions and event schedules.
    Scott Huddleston, San Antonio Express-News, 23 Dec. 2021
  • So retailers generate much of their actual earnings from sales made inside the convenience store attached to the filling station.
    Trefis Team, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2021
  • In addition to its educational mission, the Junk Bloat Float raises funds for water bottle filling stations at city schools and the public restrooms on the Medina square.
    Ann Norman, cleveland.com, 13 Sep. 2017
  • An ugly duckling 1940s filling station later made into a pizza shop was picked to be a makeover candidate for a vacant retail property.
    Jacques Kelly, baltimoresun.com, 29 June 2019
  • Meanwhile, police arranged to escort gas tankers to help ease tensions among motorists waiting angrily at filling stations.
    Evan Halper, latimes.com, 8 Sep. 2017
  • All of the country’s auto makers had to shut down production, according to manufacturers’ group Anfavea, while filling stations around the country have run out of gasoline.
    Jeffrey T. Lewis, WSJ, 25 May 2018
  • Explosions and fire spread through a Haltom City waste company’s filling station Tuesday night, destroying nearly a dozen garbage trucks, officials said.
    Loyd Brumfield, Dallas News, 29 Jan. 2020

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