How to Use gasoline in a Sentence

gasoline

noun

• The words seem to be formed of maple syrup (slow) or gasoline (fast).
  — Jason Farago, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2023
• In the spring of 2022, the cost of gasoline rose to above five dollars a gallon in many parts of the country.
  — John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2024
• Burning gasoline is a cost that's paid again, and again, and again.
  — Camila Domonoske, NPR, 9 May 2024
• You’ll be charged even more to fill your tank when summer blend gasoline hits the pumps.
  — Brianna Taylor, Sacramento Bee, 2 Apr. 2024
• The water has an odor that smells fishy or like gasoline.
  — Hannah Poukish, Sacramento Bee, 9 July 2024
• And to be sure, gasoline engines also can lose around 15% of their range in the cold.
  — Tom Krisher and Mark Thiessen, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Mar. 2023
• Most gasoline sold in the U.S. contains 10% ethanol, and the fuel is a key part of the economy in the Midwest.
  — Matthew Daly, Chicago Tribune, 21 June 2023
• All of this has helped depress not just gasoline prices but diesel, too.
  — Matt Egan, CNN, 15 May 2023
• The city’s fire chief said there was evidence gasoline was used.
  — Yuliya Talmazan, NBC News, 1 Dec. 2023
• Open the shutoff valve in the spring, add some fresh gasoline, and the mower should start easily.
  — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 21 Mar. 2023
• Later, the group gathered with a jug of gasoline to burn the 1963 Ford vehicle.
  — Emily Palmer, Peoplemag, 21 June 2024
• Mills said the only expense is the cost of her laundry supplies and gasoline.
  — Brenda Cain, cleveland, 7 Sep. 2023
• 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
• This threatens a further rise in gasoline prices in the United States and elsewhere.
  — Anna Cooban, CNN, 2 Apr. 2024
• After the murder, the trio drove 90 miles to Ottawa County and set him on fire with gasoline.
  — Christine Pelisek, Peoplemag, 6 June 2024
• The vehicle had been doused with gasoline, although there were no signs of fire.
  — Warren Kulo | [e-mail], al, 6 Apr. 2023
• Here's where to find it What goes into retail gasoline prices?
  — The Arizona Republic, 5 Apr. 2024
• The tanker truck, which was transporting 8,500 gallons of gasoline, flipped on an off-ramp.
  — Kate Perez, USA TODAY, 17 June 2023
• Water pooled on the parking lot, with gasoline and oil floating on top.
  — James Hartley, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 May 2024
• Don’t forget to fill your car with gasoline at the Costco Gas Station on your way out.
  — Stack Commerce, Popular Science, 23 Jan. 2023
• That's thanks in part to easing prices for gasoline, airline fares, used cars, and groceries.
  — Christopher Rugaber, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 July 2023
• That increase in demand is reflected in the cost of gasoline.
  — Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2023
• The price of wholesale gasoline dropped to its lowest level of the year Thursday, dragged down by a nearly 5% decline in the price of crude oil.
  — Bob Henderson, WSJ, 16 Nov. 2023
• The result is class-best mileage of 131 mpge, or the electric equivalent of one gallon of gasoline.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 7 Mar. 2023
• Traders believe that’s a bullish sign for global demand for oil and gasoline.
  — Chris Isidore, CNN, 27 Jan. 2023
• Newsom has already moved to ban the sale of new cars that run entirely on gasoline by 2035.
  — Sophie Austin, Fortune, 31 Mar. 2023
• Prices for consumers rose in August because the cost of gasoline had spiked 10% from July.
  — Marley Jay, NBC News, 11 Oct. 2023
• Tracy, police said, was attempting to spread the flames with oil and gasoline.
  — Clifford Ward, Chicago Tribune, 26 July 2023
• Diesel fuel is harder to ignite and slower to burn than gasoline.
  — Michael Leamy, Discover Magazine, 2 Nov. 2024
• Fischer has made ethanol issues a priority like many of her Midwestern colleagues, leading a bill last year to make a seasonal ethanol gasoline blend available year-round.
  — Zack Budryk, The Hill, 30 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 18 Nov 2024