How to Use gallon in a Sentence

gallon

noun

• In April, the industry’s share of the price of a gallon of gas was $1.66.
  — Kristin J. Bender, The Mercury News, 2 Aug. 2024
• Since last week, the price in the state fell to an average of $3.07 per gallon.
  — Nour Rahal, Detroit Free Press, 19 Dec. 2022
• The price of a gallon of milk is the same as one hour’s work at minimum wage.
  — Arelis R. Hernández, Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2022
• The restaurant goes through 10 gallons of the mild beef-and-bean chili every day.
  — Linda Zavoral, The Mercury News, 19 Apr. 2024
• The state is suspending 25 cents a gallon in gas taxes through the end of the month.
  — Skyler Swisher, Orlando Sentinel, 3 Oct. 2022
• The answer wasn’t so much a word as a growl and maybe a gallon of green, sticky vomit.
  — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2023
• The east Valley led the list, with a change of more than 30 cents per gallon since last Wednesday.
  — Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 17 Aug. 2023
• Gas taxes will be hiked by as much as five cents a gallon over the next four years.
  — The Editors, National Review, 31 May 2023
• This year the price of gasoline has hovered around $4 a gallon.
  — Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 2 Sep. 2022
• The West and Hawaii are the places where the average price of a gallon of regular gas is over $4.
  — Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 26 May 2023
• That works out to 35 grams of salt per liter of water, or half a cup per gallon in home-cook terms.
  — Julia Moskin, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2024
• That's at least 240 gallons according to the back of the envelope.
  — Molly Robey, Washington Post, 11 June 2023
• Add to each gallon of mix a half tablespoon of dolomitic lime.
  — Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 20 July 2024
• This thing will still be on the road when the last gallon of gasoline is produced, or until the heat death of the universe.
  — Brendan McAleer, Car and Driver, 26 Oct. 2022
• Mix ⅓ cup bleach per gallon of water, spray or mop it on, then scrub.
  — Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 26 May 2023
• Since oil prices are linked to gasoline prices, the price for a gallon of gas is expected to rise.
  — Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2023
• And prices continue to fall — the average price is down 11 cents a gallon in just the last week.
  — Chris Isidore, CNN, 20 Nov. 2022
• That’s potentially a lot of getting around for less than the cost of a gallon of gas.
  — Eric D. Lawrence, Detroit Free Press, 4 Sep. 2023
• Prices in the Miami area are 3.5 cents per gallon higher than a month ago.
  — Miami Herald Archives Update, Miami Herald, 8 Apr. 2024
• Prices in the Miami area are 10.3 cents per gallon lower than a month ago.
  — Miami Herald Consumer Team, Miami Herald, 29 Jan. 2024
• The firm pegged the average retail price at $8.28 per gallon, which is up 9% from this time last year.
  — Kirk Maltais, WSJ, 30 Sep. 2022
• Gas prices are inching closer to the $3 per gallon mark just ahead of Election Day.
  — Deena Zaidi, Quartz, 29 Oct. 2024
• Average gas prices in the U.S. have fallen from $5 a gallon in June to a recent $3.75.
  — Christopher Helman, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2022
• The average price in New York stood at $4.06 a gallon Friday.
  — Rob Wile, NBC News, 2 Sep. 2022
• Turns out Mergner needed just a gallon of black paint – a thick-as-honey gloss used to paint boats – for the 10-by-10 foot steel arch and posts.
  — The Enquirer, 10 Dec. 2022
• To make your own DE mixture, blend ½ gallon of water with 1 cup of DE powder.
  — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Aug. 2024
• Even after falling this summer, the price of a gallon of gasoline here is still 42 cents more than a year ago.
  — Diego Mendoza-Moyers, San Antonio Express-News, 20 Sep. 2022
• Each ship that goes through the canal uses about 55 million gallons of water, most of which then gets flushed out to sea as the ship makes its way through the canal.
  — Abc News, ABC News, 30 Aug. 2023
• Compared with a year ago, Arizonans were paying about 50 cents more per gallon.
  — Rey Covarrubias Jr., The Arizona Republic, 16 Nov. 2024
• Barrels can come with up to a gallon of liquid inside, but that much excess is usually dumped out.
  — Hope Karnopp, Journal Sentinel, 20 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 9 Dec 2024