How to Use volatile oil in a Sentence

volatile oil

noun

• This flammable substance is a blend of burnable resins and volatile oils, which seep into every part of the tree.
  — Tim MacWelch, Popular Science, 26 Dec. 2019
• The edible part is the bulb containing an acrid volatile oil, giving a strong flavour.
  — Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 6 Dec. 2013
• Surcharges were used to provide utilities some relief from the volatile oil price swings.
  — Talia Buford, ProPublica, 21 Oct. 2019
• Lightly bruise rosemary and thyme by smacking them against a cutting board or lightly rolling in your hands (this will helps release the volatile oils).
  — Brad Leone, Bon Appetit, 19 Mar. 2018
• Saudi Arabia alone can ramp production up and down quickly in the attempt to tame volatile oil markets.
  — The Economist, 31 Oct. 2019
• Getting more oil flowing requires capital and comes with high risks in a volatile oil market.
  — Justin Worland/houston, Time, 10 Mar. 2022
• The gasoline price shocks that recently rocked the East Coast demonstrate how EVs also protect their owners from volatile oil markets.
  — Energy Innovation: Policy and Technology, Forbes, 15 June 2021
• Above all, Gulf states have to overcome their dependence on volatile oil and coax their pampered people into productive work.
  — The Economist, 21 June 2018
• What’s better: high gas prices and volatile oil markets, or cheap EVs and energy security?
  — Energy Innovation: Policy and Technology, Forbes, 21 June 2022
• Master's tip: Grating horseradish crushes the cells of the root, releasing the volatile oils (isothiocyanates), which give horseradish its heat.
  — The Editors Of Organic Life, Good Housekeeping, 10 Aug. 2017
• At a time of volatile oil prices, shale is particularly appealing because shale projects pay off faster compared with the big offshore projects that are the bread and butter of companies like BP and Chevron.
  — Sarah Kent, WSJ, 27 July 2018
• Meanwhile, volatile oil and gas prices spurred by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine are hammering consumers, and causing more than 40% of the inflation Americans are having to pay.
  — Energy Innovation: Policy and Technology, Forbes, 2 Aug. 2022
• But analysts said that over the next decade those renewable sources should help tamp down energy costs, reducing the toll that volatile oil, natural gas and coal prices can take on family budgets and business profits.
  — New York Times, 3 May 2022
• Sovereign wealth funds in Gulf Arab states are looking at opportunities in new areas, such as technology, to lessen their reliance on volatile oil markets.
  — Zainab Fattah, Bloomberg.com, 25 Oct. 2017
• Over the past year, unprecedented weather disasters have caused the price of key commodities to spike, and a volatile oil-and-gas market has allowed Russia and Saudi Arabia to exert geopolitical force.
  — Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic, 2 Feb. 2022
• This investment shortfall has been brought on by a series of factors, including a push among investors and governments to bet on clean energy, the uncertain future of fossil fuels and years of weak and volatile oil prices.
  — Matt Egan, CNN, 2 June 2022
• Shell’s bumper results followed rivals BP and TotalEnergies which also reported a sharp uptick in profits aided by volatile oil prices.
  — Siladitya Ray, Forbes, 5 May 2022
• Tip: Grating horseradish releases the volatile oils (isothiocyanates), which give horseradish its heat.
  — The Editors, Good Housekeeping, 27 July 2018
• Iraqi leaders have been unwilling so far to reform the system, which experts said is unsustainable because of limited resources and overreliance on volatile oil markets.
  — Washington Post, 14 Nov. 2019
• On both sides of the Atlantic, leaders promise that more green energy—solar, wind and electric vehicles—will cure Western overreliance on volatile oil and natural gas and further isolate Russia.
  — Mark P. Mills, WSJ, 17 Apr. 2022
• Saudi Arabia is overly dependent on volatile oil revenue for its government budget and economic growth.
  — Ian Palmer, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2021
• Still, the program’s opponents express concern about whether the plans are sustainable, citing volatile oil prices and the governor’s efforts to ramp up renewable energy sources in a bid to decrease fossil fuel consumption.
  — Simon Romero, New York Times, 31 Mar. 2022
• The winner came from the Korintjie region of West Sumatra in Indonesia, a small, high-elevation area that produces cinnamon with a high-volatile oil and cellulose content (translation: a more pungent and tastier spice).
  — Juliet Izon, Bon Appetit, 13 Mar. 2017
• Similar to a floral water but more potent, hydrosols contain the water-soluble constituents of a plant such as the volatile oils, and it can be used as a facial toner, the water component when mixing our clay masks, or in an aromatherapy diffuser.
  — Rachel Marlowe, Vogue, 29 May 2018
• Investors were also weighing the latest signs that volatile oil prices are helping hold down inflation, potentially giving the Federal Reserve more flexibility with its pace of interest-rate increases.
  — Amrith Ramkumar and Akane Otani, WSJ, 13 Feb. 2019

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024