How to Use gasoline in a Sentence

gasoline

noun

• Kromelis was sleeping when a man threw gasoline on his head and set him ablaze.
  — CBS News, 12 Dec. 2022
• Global oil prices account for more than half the cost of gasoline.
  — Isabella Simonetti, New York Times, 8 Dec. 2022
• The wholesale clubs offer many perks, like credits card with cashback and cheaper gasoline.
  — Sean McDonnell, cleveland, 15 Dec. 2022
• At an airline industry event last week, Cliff was asked whether the new rules would increase gasoline prices.
  — Russ Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
• As anyone who has done counterinsurgency work knows, this is just going to pour more gasoline on the fire.
  — Brynn Tannehill, The New Republic, 12 Dec. 2022
• This means consumers would likely see higher prices at the pump, with several cents per gallon being added to gasoline and diesel prices.
  — Martha McHardy, Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2024
• Social media has poured gasoline on the general life span of trends, accelerating this whole process.
  — Jolene Edgar, Harper's BAZAAR, 16 Dec. 2022
• The average cost of gasoline in the U.S. has dropped below the price a year ago, the first time that has occurred in 22 months.
  — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 8 Dec. 2022
• The price of a gallon of regular gasoline has fallen below $4 a gallon in the Portland area for the first time in 10 months.
  — oregonlive, 20 Dec. 2022
• This increase may result in consumers facing higher costs for everyday necessities, such as gasoline.
  — Doc Louallen, ABC News, 26 Nov. 2024
• Historically, lead was used in drinking water pipes, ammunition, gasoline and paint.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Nov. 2024
• At Newsom’s direction, officials recently moved to end the sale of most new gasoline cars by 2035.
  — Sammy Rothstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2022
• The Rimac Nevera is a disruptor, a car that proves that the electric vehicle age will be every bit as fun for car enthusiasts as the gasoline age.
  — cleveland, 10 Dec. 2022
• The cost of gasoline climbed after the global flow of crude oil was disrupted by economic fallout from Russia’s invasion into Ukraine.
  — Hardika Singh and David Uberti, WSJ, 8 Dec. 2022
• This is likely to raise the price of gasoline, natural gas and other fossil fuels for consumers, providing an incentive to switch to cleaner alternatives.
  — Arkansas Online, 19 Dec. 2022
• 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

Last Updated: 12 Dec 2024