How to Use gasoline in a Sentence

gasoline

noun
  • Why are gasoline prices so high?
    — John Tufts, IndyStar, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Why is ethanol mixed with gasoline?
    — Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 22 May 2026
  • Charge your phone and fill up your car gasoline tank.
    — Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Charge your phone and fill up your car’s gasoline tank.
    — Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 28 Sep. 2025
  • The words seem to be formed of maple syrup (slow) or gasoline (fast).
    — Jason Farago, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2023
  • That would just be pouring more gasoline on the fire.
    — Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 13 Jan. 2026
  • No one can predict how high gasoline prices will climb.
    — Cathy Bussewitz, Fortune, 6 May 2026
  • So our gasoline prices are driven by that.
    — CBS News, 29 Jan. 2026
  • The surge in oil prices prompted a jump in gasoline prices.
    — Arkansas Online, 6 June 2026
  • Traces of gasoline were found on his sneakers.
    — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 3 Nov. 2025
  • There are sound reasons to tax gasoline.
    — Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Other prices are way down, but gasoline’s high.
    — NBC news, 3 May 2026
  • All of this has helped depress not just gasoline prices but diesel, too.
    — Matt Egan, CNN, 15 May 2023
  • Burning gasoline is a cost that's paid again, and again, and again.
    — Camila Domonoske, NPR, 9 May 2024
  • Kromelis was sleeping when a man threw gasoline on his head and set him ablaze.
    — CBS News, 12 Dec. 2022
  • But if gasoline prices stay high, things are going to get tough(er).
    — Brian Sullivan, CNBC, 6 May 2026
  • That’s throwing gasoline on a fire.
    — Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 2 Oct. 2025
  • As a result, gasoline prices surged.
    — Max Zahn, ABC News, 28 May 2026
  • What cars need high-octane gasoline?
    — Charles Singh, Nashville Tennessean, 23 Sep. 2025
  • What cars need high-octane gasoline?
    — Charles Singh, USA Today, 9 Oct. 2025
  • What cars need high-octane gasoline?
    — Charles Singh, USA Today, 27 Jan. 2026
  • That’s enough to fill a line of gasoline tanker trucks close to 17 miles long.
    — Erik Skindrud, Mercury News, 19 June 2025
  • That will help boost gasoline stockpiles.
    — Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Mar. 2026
  • You’ll be charged even more to fill your tank when summer blend gasoline hits the pumps.
    — Brianna Taylor, Sacramento Bee, 2 Apr. 2024
  • The idea of $5 a gallon gasoline is not -- is not far-fetched.
    — ABC News, 26 Apr. 2026
  • Lead has been phased out of gasoline for cars, but is still used in some fuel types.
    — Madeline Holcombe, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2025
  • These tankers are here to take our gasoline, our diesel, and our jet fuel, not just oil.
    — Matt Randolph, Forbes.com, 29 May 2026
  • Less oil on the market means higher prices for oil and gasoline.
    — Cathy Bussewitz, Fortune, 6 May 2026
  • How does Arizona get its gasoline right now?
    — Sasha Hupka, AZCentral.com, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Global oil prices account for more than half the cost of gasoline.
    — Isabella Simonetti, New York Times, 8 Dec. 2022

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