How to Use gas in a Sentence

gas

1 of 2 noun

• The car gets good gas mileage.
• The car almost ran out of gas.
• We heat our house with gas.
• He was driving with one foot on the gas and one foot on the brake.
• Do you have a gas stove or an electric one?
• Carbon monoxide is a poisonous gas.
• Many of the tools were first developed for the search for oil and gas.
  — Ilan Ben Zion, Washington Post, 3 Nov. 2023
• Rent hikes are still up there, and there was a rebound in gas costs.
  — Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY, 12 July 2023
• The room connects to a walk-out patio decked out with a gas grill and a hot tub.
  — Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 24 Oct. 2023
• There's a lot of diesel and gas in the water because the harbor burned down.
  — Wendy Grossman Kantor, Peoplemag, 15 Aug. 2023
• The good news is there are signs the impact of high heat on gas prices may be easing.
  — Matt Egan, CNN, 4 Aug. 2023
• The bids for oil and gas drilling under Salt Fork State Park, the state's largest, were approved, 4-1.
  — Jessie Balmert, The Enquirer, 26 Feb. 2024
• At the time of publication, gas is a bit cheaper there than in the U.S.
  — Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 5 June 2023
• Arizona's gas prices tend to spike in the spring, and this year is no different.
  — Shelby Slade, The Arizona Republic, 15 Apr. 2024
• All units have gas stoves and full-size washers and dryers.
  — Amy Worden, Washington Post, 3 Apr. 2024
• The law also boosted the floor for bidders trying to lease oil and gas land to $10 an acre, up from $2.
  — Timothy Puko, Anchorage Daily News, 20 July 2023
• The places were affordable because there weren’t any perks: no sewage, no gas.
  — Curbed, 23 Dec. 2023
• Total range, starting with a full battery and gas tank, should be around 320 miles.
  — Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 13 May 2023
• Up for replacement are the historic symbols of a gas lamp and cupola.
  — Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2023
• Typically, when gas prices increase, the main culprit is the cost of oil.
  — Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 4 Aug. 2023
• That’s because our local patch of the universe is filled with stuff—stars, gas, dust, people.
  — Popular Mechanics, 6 June 2023
• Every October, for the past 59 years, gas giant Hess has rolled out a new toy truck.
  — Chris Morris, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2023
• One of the younger teens was also charged in the killing of a 19-year-old, a shooting that occurred three days after Fleming stopped for gas.
  — Emily Davies, Washington Post, 6 June 2023
• Three trucks emblazoned with Vermont State Hazmat Team were parked in the shoulder, one with lights flashing, and the smell of gas was in the air.
  — Mike Damiano, BostonGlobe.com, 12 July 2023
• In the twentieth century, the discovery of oil and gas across the High North led to waves of investment.
  — Stephen Lezak, The New Republic, 1 Nov. 2023
• Witnesses said the Explorer was parked at one of the store’s gas pumps when the Charger pulled in as if to refuel.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 29 June 2023
• With two outs in the seventh, however, May finally ran out of gas.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2023
• The figure is the largest annual profit achieved by an oil and gas company.
  — Lionel Lim, Fortune Asia, 8 Mar. 2024
• Union officials say that without pay, many of these workers couldn't afford to pay for child care or to fill their gas tanks to get to work.
  — Anne Flaherty, ABC News, 13 Nov. 2023
• Excluding gas prices, which have been rising, retail sales were still up a solid at 0.6%.
  — Anne D'innocenzio, Fortune, 15 Apr. 2024

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gas

2 of 2 verb

• We stopped to gas the car.
• The entire back line looked gassed at the end of the match.
  — Jordan Culver, Pro Soccer USA, 27 May 2018
• The defense looked gassed in the third quarter and why not?
  — Peter Schmuck, baltimoresun.com, 5 Sep. 2017
• The Bears were gassed after the midway point of the fourth quarter.
  — Brad Biggs, chicagotribune.com, 16 Sep. 2019
• By the middle of the battle, the Irish fighter was gassed.
  — Jason Gay, WSJ, 27 Aug. 2017
• The clock struck three and the Internet Nazis trolls gassed the rest of them.
  — Ellen J. Kennedy, Twin Cities, 1 Dec. 2019
• There was talk before the game that James might be gassed.
  — Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2023
• But one used a slur to refer to Jews and said they should be gassed.
  — Georgia Wells, WSJ, 9 Nov. 2018
• He was gassed at the end of a shift lasting 1 minute 2 seconds.
  — Matt Porter, BostonGlobe.com, 12 June 2019
• But the rest had to gas up their cars and join the long lines snaking on roads toward the borders.
  — Dasha Litvinova, ajc, 27 Sep. 2022
• Both Halep and Cahill thought Stephens looked a little gassed.
  — Howard Fendrich, The Seattle Times, 9 June 2018
• Moore had been gassed at Cambrai, one of the few survivors of his unit.
  — Hazlitt, 30 Aug. 2023
• In the fourth quarter, Notre Dame was often gassed and was outscored, 81-52.
  — Marc Narducci, Philly.com, 30 Aug. 2017
• There’s even a charge port for gassing up your mobile tech.
  — Bill Roberson, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2023
• At the time, Melville could already gas his fastball up to 95 mph.
  — Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 1 Sep. 2019
• Players were gassed by the final game in Salt Lake City.
  — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 19 Feb. 2020
• Pull out the duct tape, gas up the taxi squad and keep Triple-A El Paso on speed dial.
  — Bryce Miller Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 May 2021
• By game’s end, both teams appeared gassed, but New York left the court with the jolt of a strong win, its ninth in a row.
  — Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Mar. 2023
• Amanda wasn't afraid to gas up her husband-to-be at the time, either.
  — Sean Neumann, Peoplemag, 4 Dec. 2023
• The idea was to lighten the load on P.J. Tucker, who played 44 minutes in Game 4 and was gassed late in the contest.
  — Brent Zwerneman, Houston Chronicle, 25 May 2018
• There's no telling how long TJ will have this drag on for, and some players will gas out.
  — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 18 June 2020
• Whatever life brings, Cory's gassed up and ready to go!
  — P. Claire Dodson, Teen Vogue, 29 Feb. 2020
• With inescapable synths and a club-ready beat, Melanie calls for her fans to gas themselves up.
  — Stephen Daw, Billboard, 6 Nov. 2019
• You can't get too gassed up, and make something happen that's not there.
  — Ron Higgins, NOLA.com, 31 Oct. 2017
• Bashar al-Assad has been gassing his own people to death.
  — Seth A. Richardson, cleveland.com, 18 Apr. 2018
• Me and Colt were looking at each other — we were already gassed by the third drive.
  — Gene Chamberlain, Elgin Courier-News, 24 Sep. 2017
• Of course, all bets are off if Pomeranz is indeed gassed.
  — Bob Klapisch, USA TODAY, 28 Sep. 2017
• Over the course of an hour, more people used the station as a cut-through to skip a long light than to gas up for $6.99 a gallon.
  — Sam Dean, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2022
• LeBron James, perhaps gassed from his herculean efforts to get the Cavs to the second round, shot just 12-of-30 in the game.
  — Joe Vardon, cleveland.com, 2 May 2018
• Your brother should at the very least always return the car gassed up (that’s what anyone should do).
  — Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 19 Oct. 2023

Last Updated: 9 Jun 2024