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
  • 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
  • On top of her hair products, this is too expensive for Lila, especially when taking the price of petrol or train tickets into account.
    Humeara Mohamed, refinery29.com, 30 Aug. 2024

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