How to Use petrol in a Sentence

petrol

noun

• From 2030 the sale of new petrol and diesel cars will be banned.
  — Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 9 Oct. 2021
• Anything fast and smelling of petrol seems to flick the switch.
  — Devan Coggan, EW.com, 27 June 2019
• The race starts with the 1904 Franklin, an early petrol car.
  — National Geographic, 16 June 2016
• The race starts with the 1904 Franklin, an early petrol car.
  — National Geographic, 16 June 2016
• Already, in the last two months, the price of petrol has gone up 36 times.
  — Niharika Sharma, Quartz, 5 July 2021
• The cuts in petrol and diesel excise duties are the first in three years.
  — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 4 Nov. 2021
• The rest are still in the trial and error stage, spewing petrol in the process.
  — David Meyer, Fortune, 13 Nov. 2019
• Fuel prices have been raised: the cost of the lowest-grade petrol is up by 83%.
  — The Economist, 13 Jan. 2018
• This, while prices for petrol and diesel are touching record highs.
  — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz India, 22 Feb. 2021
• The same distance would need around 2-3 litres of petrol which now costs around $1.1 per litre.
  — Tom Collins, Quartz, 31 Mar. 2023
• Slight petrol notes—just a nod—on the nose of this medium-bodied wine.
  — Lana Bortolot, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2023
• The petrol tank hangs quite low, and they were stuck underneath.
  — Sean Flynn, GQ, 19 Dec. 2017
• Get on the petrol and the little lady on the hood ascends skyward.
  — Dan Neil, WSJ, 30 Sep. 2020
• Soaring petrol prices have been a boon for the the world's largest oil producer.
  — Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 1 Nov. 2021
• Compared with six months ago, the price of bread has tripled, the price of rice has tripled, the prices of petrol and diesel have more or less tripled.
  — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 22 July 2022
• Pink roses glow in the light, while the air—spiced with grass and petrol—moves languidly.
  — Nick Remsen, Vogue, 21 Dec. 2022
• Protesters threw dozens of petrol bombs and lit bonfires in the streets.
  — The Economist, 5 Sep. 2019
• At the pump, petrol prices rose at the fastest pace in almost 13 years in the week to March 7 as the war in Ukraine sent fuel prices to record highs.
  — Fortune, 13 Mar. 2022
• In practice, this would mean the phasing-out of all new cars running on petrol.
  — Washington Post, 14 July 2021
• Slight petrol and mocha aromas, and flavors of chocolate and some cedar on the finish.
  — Tom Mullen, Forbes, 3 July 2022
• All that was needed was to ensure the ground was cleared of petrol and chemicals.
  — Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Aug. 2023
• In the latest budget, the Modi government has hiked the cess on petrol and diesel.
  — Shoaib Daniyal, Quartz India, 23 Aug. 2019
• A month ago, the prime minister said there was only enough petrol for one day.
  — Reuters, CNN, 16 June 2022
• Over the past few weeks, its petrol and diesel prices have skyrocketed.
  — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 4 Nov. 2021
• Highways became clogged by long lines that snaked out of the few petrol pumps that remained open.
  — Tamara Qiblawi, CNN, 12 Aug. 2021
• New drilling permits had been in the works for a while, and the Tories haven’t nixed their commitment to end the sale of new petrol and diesel cars by 2030.
  — Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 10 Aug. 2023
• Figure an easy 120-plus miles before needing a petrol stop and a walk-around.
  — Joe Michaud, sandiegouniontribune.com, 13 July 2017
• Highway patrolmen are told not to fill their petrol tanks to save funds.
  — The Economist, 30 Jan. 2018
• Almost gooey, swirling aromas—some petrol and anise and roasted chestnuts and bitter cherries.
  — Tom Mullen, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2024
• Trans Nzoia County police said that Cheptegei had been doused in petrol by Ndiema, who stormed her house with a jerry can of gasoline and set her on fire after a disagreement over land.
  — George Ramsay, Amanda Davies and Aleks Klosok, CNN, 13 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 23 Nov 2024