GASOLINE in a Sentence

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10 example sentences for GASOLINE, such as:

1. The intake of gasoline was stopped by a clogged fuel line.
2. During the war the government imposed rationing of food and gasoline.
3. Eckleburg's faded eyes came into sight down the road, I remembered Gatsby's caution about gasoline.
4. The owner of a large tanker, which was to carry gasoline from a Turkish refinery to Iran, stopped the ship from sailing as scheduled.

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 Meanings and Examples of GASOLINE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
gasoline
 n.  petrol; flammable liquid consisting of a mixture of refined petroleum hydrocarbons
Classic Sentence:
1  The street was cluttered with electric-light poles, telephone poles, gasoline pumps for motor cars, boxes of goods.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
2  '"'Well, whatever your name is,' he says, 'I understand you have a gasoline saw.'
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
3  Miles Bjornstam, the pariah "Red Swede," had brought his circular saw and portable gasoline engine to the house, to cut the cords of poplar for the kitchen range.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI
4  In the next room she slept, and in the third and last she harbored a gasoline stove on which she cooked her meals when disinclined to descend to the neighboring restaurant.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In XXI
5  She expressed her gratification by repairing forthwith to the region of the gasoline stove and rewarding her guest with the promised cup of coffee.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In XXI
6  Eckleburg's faded eyes came into sight down the road, I remembered Gatsby's caution about gasoline.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
Example Sentence:
1  We had a high school girl get in a tiff with another high school girl so she stuffed a gasoline soaked rag in their van's gas tank and lit it.
2  The owner of a large tanker, which was to carry gasoline from a Turkish refinery to Iran, stopped the ship from sailing as scheduled.
3  During the war the government imposed rationing of food and gasoline.
4  The intake of gasoline was stopped by a clogged fuel line.