How to Use crude in a Sentence

crude

1 of 2 adjective
  • They built a crude shelter out of branches.
  • She first described the procedure in crude terms, and then went into more detail.
  • What are heavy crude and light crude?
    — Medora Lee, USA Today, 17 Jan. 2026
  • The truck was loaded with five drums of crude oil.
    — Arkansas Online, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Gas prices rise like a rocket when crude oil prices go up.
    — Stephen J. Beard, USA Today, 18 June 2026
  • Yields have moved higher the past week as crude oil prices have climbed.
    — Sean Conlon,joseph Wilkins, CNBC, 24 Apr. 2026
  • In Venezuela, the focus is on crude oil.
    — Jordan Blum, Fortune, 17 Jan. 2026
  • Brent crude futures are up 14% in a month.
    — Jason Gewirtz, CNBC, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Brent crude futures are up about 18% so far this year.
    — Jason Gewirtz, CNBC, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Refiners do not just need crude oil.
    — Gregory Shahnovsky, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
  • Worldwide, crude oil prices have been on a roller coaster.
    — Camila Domonoske, NPR, 7 May 2026
  • There is nothing crude about the sculpture.
    — Sally Jenkins, The Atlantic, 30 Aug. 2025
  • Still, the script has a crude competence.
    — Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Before the war, the strait carried a fifth of the world’s crude oil.
    — David McHugh, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2026
  • Before the war, the strait carried a fifth of the world’s crude oil.
    — Michelle Chapman, Chicago Tribune, 18 June 2026
  • One of the reasons why gas prices are low is because crude oil prices are low.
    — Frank Witsil, Freep.com, 27 Oct. 2025
  • About a fifth of the world’s crude supplies passed through the strait before the war.
    — Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 17 Apr. 2026
  • About a fifth of the world's crude supplies passed through the strait before the war.
    — Azhar Sukri,terri Cullen,spencer Kimball, CNBC, 19 Apr. 2026
  • Brent crude futures are down 20% in April.
    — Jason Gewirtz, CNBC, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Abu Dhabi will reap a windfall from crude exports.
    — Judah Taub, semafor.com, 30 Apr. 2026
  • For humans, the sense of smell is a crude and imprecise tool.
    — Jack Gedney, The Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2024
  • And because crude oil is most of the cost of gasoline, prices at the pump are up, too.
    — Camila Domonoske, NPR, 23 Mar. 2026
  • Mastectomies were crude back then.
    — Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Were crude, leering, blunt; low-dive, bump-and-grind, tits-and-ass toilets.
    — Lili Anolik, Vanity Fair, 12 Jan. 2026
  • If the crisis drags on, crude oil shortages could return.
    — Anton L. Delgado, Chicago Tribune, 17 Mar. 2026
  • If the crisis drags on, crude oil shortages could return.
    — ABC News, 16 Mar. 2026
  • The cost of crude oil is known as the spot price — the price quoted by traders on the open market.
    — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2026
  • Beyond that, there’s the issue of the crude oil itself.
    — Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Around the deadline, there was a 20 percent swing in crude oil prices.
    — Sj Guest Editorial, Footwear News, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Gas prices have been on the rise this summer, partly due to higher crude oil prices.
    — Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2023

crude

2 of 2 noun
  • Heavy crude is thick and sticky.
    — Camila Domonoske, NPR, 7 Jan. 2026
  • What are heavy crude and light crude?
    — Medora Lee, USA Today, 17 Jan. 2026
  • So keep an eye on the price of crude right now.
    — Pia Singh, CNBC, 2 Mar. 2026
  • The price of crude plunged by more than ten per cent.
    — John Cassidy, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
  • So if crude jumps 10%, gas prices will as well.
    — Andrea Riquier, USA Today, 1 Mar. 2026
  • It's been a more volatile session for crude.
    — Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 26 May 2026
  • Brent crude climbed 3% to above $107.
    — Sean Conlon,lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 11 May 2026
  • Some foreign ports even refuse tankers with heavy crude.
    — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 11 Jan. 2026
  • Brent crude is down to about $91 per barrel.
    — Sean Conlon,lee Ying Shan,lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 8 June 2026
  • Ships at anchor show where crude is piling up.
    — Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 13 June 2026
  • China is the world’s largest importer of crude .
    — Zev Fima, CNBC, 8 Mar. 2026
  • Brent crude plunged nearly 11%.
    — Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 16 May 2026
  • Brent crude surged past $120 per barrel at peak.
    — Phil Lempert, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
  • Brent crude was above $103 this morning.
    — Jim Edwards, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Oil-and-gas stocks also sank, hurt by the dropping prices for crude.
    — Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2026
  • Diesel costs more than $40 per barrel above the crude used to make it.
    — David McHugh, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Jan. 2023
  • Pipelines bring crude from inland basins.
    — Robert Rapier, Forbes.com, 24 May 2026
  • Brent crude dropped 2% as well to around $91 a barrel.
    — Sean Conlon,lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 28 May 2026
  • Oil In the last three months, Brent crude is down 11%.
    — Jason Gewirtz, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Known as heavy, sour crude, the oil is thick like molasses and rich in sulphur.
    — Jason Abbruzzese, NBC news, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Putin gives Modi a discount on the crude.
    — Jamie McIntyre, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Brent crude also jumped 2% to briefly top $108.
    — Fred Imbert, CNBC, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Brent crude prices are up nearly 38% since the war began.
    — John Towfighi, CNN Money, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Brent crude is at $98 a barrel this morning.
    — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 26 May 2026
  • Brent crude is at $91 a barrel this morning.
    — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 29 May 2026
  • Brent crude is at $96 a barrel this morning.
    — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 27 May 2026
  • Brent crude was at $93 per barrel this morning.
    — Jim Edwards, Fortune, 2 June 2026
  • Brent crude fell to $92 per barrel this morning.
    — Jim Edwards, Fortune, 9 June 2026
  • Brent crude was $77 per barrel this morning.
    — Jim Edwards, Fortune, 17 June 2026
  • Some of the largest oil producers have made cuts because their crude has nowhere to go.
    — Alon Bernstein, Chicago Tribune, 22 Mar. 2026

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