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
• You’ll be charged even more to fill your tank when summer blend gasoline hits the pumps.
  — Brianna Taylor, Sacramento Bee, 2 Apr. 2024
• 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
• Mills said the only expense is the cost of her laundry supplies and gasoline.
  — Brenda Cain, cleveland, 7 Sep. 2023
• This threatens a further rise in gasoline prices in the United States and elsewhere.
  — Anna Cooban, CNN, 2 Apr. 2024
• 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
• 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
• 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
• And even though most cars on the Autobahns are fueled by diesel and gasoline, EV sales make up 20% of new car sales in Germany.
  — Peter Vanham, Fortune, 6 Sep. 2023
• Shelter and gasoline costs alone drove 60% of overall inflation last month, per the BLS.
  — Alena Botros, Fortune, 12 Mar. 2024
• Nobody with even a drop of gasoline in their veins will be able to suppress a grin when the 4.8-liter V-8 roars rambunctiously to life.
  — Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 26 Oct. 2023
• Prices have plunged almost 10% in part because of flat demand for gasoline combined with a decline in the per-barrel cost of oil, the group added.
  — Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 8 Nov. 2023
• The plug-in hybrid can range for 55 km on its battery alone before switching to gasoline propulsion.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 5 Mar. 2024
• All-wheel drive is standard: One of the electric motors powers the Venza's rear wheels while the gasoline engine and the other two motors work to spin the fronts.
  — Andrew Wendler, Car and Driver, 25 Aug. 2023
• But even the most ludicrous gasoline burners are beginning to give way to EVs, in both sheer muscle and speed.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 23 May 2023
• The dual tax on gasoline sets California apart: Most states do not have a sales tax on gasoline.
  — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 29 Jan. 2024
• But last year still stands as a record-breaking year for gas prices, as gasoline reached $5 across the country last year due to the war between Ukraine and Russia, Lambert said.
  — Medora Lee, The Courier-Journal, 16 Aug. 2023
• An engine provides power by adding gasoline to a compressed space in the cylinders.
  — Rhett Allain, WIRED, 7 July 2023
• The folks in Olympia have dethroned California to claim the distinction of the country’s highest gasoline prices.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 4 July 2023
• In the last year, there were times when the family cars weren’t working and getting to campus involved Leal showing up with whiffs of gasoline on his hands.
  — Arcelia Martin, Dallas News, 15 June 2023
• That attack resulted in the temporary cutoff of half the gasoline, jet fuel and diesel supplies that run up the East Coast.
  — Julian E. Barnes, New York Times, 29 July 2023
• Ethanol has less BTUs per unit than gasoline, so more ethanol is burned to produce a ton-mile of transport, other factors being equal.
  — Letter Writers, Twin Cities, 11 Feb. 2024
• And what goes for gasoline and diesel also goes for aviation fuel.
  — Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2023
• As drivers switch to electric cars, how will the state keep paying for road repairs, which have long been funded by gasoline taxes?
  — Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 3 May 2024