How to Use black gold in a Sentence

black gold

noun
  • After months of drilling, they finally hit black gold.
  • Crank the valve, shut the pipe and start bailing the black gold out of the Gulf.
    — Harry Sawyers, Popular Mechanics, 30 Apr. 2010
  • Also known as black gold, compost is valuable to lawns and all over the landscape.
    — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 May 2026
  • Bloomberg reports that growth in demand for black gold either has already hit its zenith or nearly there.
    — Mark Olalde, USA TODAY, 18 Sep. 2020
  • Not even Jed Clampett — black gold, Texas tea — struck for those kind of numbers.
    — Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 18 June 2022
  • But scraps can also be recycled into black gold, or free compost for your garden.
    — Allison Chinchar, CNN, 3 Jan. 2021
  • Garcia invites diners to drop the black gold onto dishes, any of them, with abandon.
    — Caroline Hatchett, Robb Report, 1 Nov. 2024
  • Word of Ontario’s oil strike spread black gold fever throughout Canada and beyond.
    — Claudia Capos, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Apr. 2018
  • Fruits and vegetables can be placed in the compost bin along with leaves, straw, and clippings to break down into black gold for your plants.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 10 May 2026
  • One of the products of the economy that black gold built is the city of Port Arthur, Texas.
    — Wired, 29 July 2022
  • And yet, companies are still asking the state for permission to drill more than two miles into the earth for their own shot at black gold.
    — Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 24 Jan. 2024
  • The power of the black gold is preached loudly at this stall on Saturdays and Sundays.
    — Chuck Blount, San Antonio Express-News, 26 Apr. 2021
  • The commander-in-chief calling a pregnant black Gold Star widow a liar in a public feud.
    — Ellen McGirt, Fortune, 1 Feb. 2018
  • As a result, the oil companies that drilled, shipped and sold black gold reaped billion in profit year after year and continue to do so.
    — Justin Worland, Time, 1 Mar. 2018
  • Nobody wanted to go there — well, except the oil and gas companies aching to root around for black gold, and their most loyal minions in high places.
    — Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Despite a recent push towards green energy, America still runs on black gold.
    — Will Daniel, Fortune, 7 July 2022
  • Caviar Caviar—black gold—is thought of as the pinnacle of European luxury.
    — Florence O'Connor, Vogue, 22 Nov. 2023
  • Here are examples of what to avoid in winter, including the number one item that could turn your black gold into a stinky, unusable mess.
    — Barbara Gillette, The Spruce, 1 Feb. 2026
  • Despite growing awareness of the risks posed by extreme climate change, the world’s collective hunger for the black gold has never been higher.
    — Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Analysts have high hopes that oil companies entering Venezuela can tap back into the country’s black gold.
    — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 5 Jan. 2026
  • Divers had become intrigued by a booming oil industry, and the allure of black gold replaced the desire to retrieve the tears of the mermaids.
    — Stellene Volandes, Town & Country, 14 May 2019
  • Industry held a nationwide contest years ago and decided to call it biosolids, a euphemism that beat out black gold, geoslime and humanure.
    — Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune, 12 Sep. 2022
  • In contrast to the black gold drilled by oil majors, LanzaTech produces ethanol.
    — Erik Kobayashi-Solomon, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2021
  • But just 18 months ago at the same racetrack, Goodyear accidentally struck black gold — just in the form of rubber instead of oil.
    — Jeff Gluck, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Composting fallen leaves is another option to create what's known as 'black gold,' a nutrient-rich amendment.
    — Lauren David, Southern Living, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Next stop, Edmonton, the open prairie of Alberta, where Stanley Cups once oozed out of the ground like black gold.
    — Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Feb. 2020
  • In a state where many made their fortune drilling for black gold, these once-lucrative oil and gas fields are on the precipice of becoming huge financial liability.
    — Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2024
  • Within a few months, all that matter will be transformed into rich, organic compost—AKA black gold.
    — Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 12 Feb. 2021
  • The bar had a representation of pints including their ubiquitous black gold, Guinness.
    — Vincent Crampton, OrlandoSentinel.com, 15 Sep. 2017
  • This month, as in every spring, our family will spread wheelbarrow loads of the oldest compost, rendered into a rich mixture gardeners call black gold, atop our flower beds.
    — Danny Heitman, WSJ, 5 Mar. 2021

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