petrol

[ˈpetrəl]

Definition:
1. A liquid obtained from petroleum , used as fuel in car engines, etc.

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Use 'petrol' in a sentence:

1. Every eventuality is covered, from running out of petrol to needing water.
2. Many cars run on petrol which contains lead.
3. When the car is low in petrol, the system will be able to tell the driver where the nearest petrol station is.
4. A police patrol car was parked in the forecourt of the petrol station.
5. What is the price of petrol these days?
6. The car was doused in petrol and set alight.
7. The nearest petrol station is five miles away.
8. The Prime Minister yesterday ruled out Government action to hold down petrol prices.
9. It is all very well to blame traffic jams, the cost of petrol and the quick pace of modern life, but manners on the roads are becoming horrible.
10. Manufacturers are working with new fuels to find one that burns more cleanly than petrol.
11. The economic affairs minister announced limits on petrol sales.
12. The man poured petrol down the hole and then lit a match in an attempt to kill the offending arachnid.
13. The petrol in the tank is leaking out.
14. Service stations use petrol as a bait to lure motorists into the restaurants and other facilities.
15. This tax would raise petrol prices by about 3.5p per litre.
16. I first started cruising in yachts with temperamental petrol engines.
17. It's clear that petrol-driven engines have no future.
18. After three years of working in a petrol station and doing unpaid work I still hadn't managed to get an entry level job.
19. The price of petrol is coming down by four pence a gallon.
20. The raw material for the tyre is a by-product of petrol refining.
21. When a petrol station burns down, you don't just want to know who dropped the cigarette; you want to know why all the combustible fumes escaped.
22. A thief ran off with hundreds of pounds yesterday after holding up a petrol station.
23. It is proposed that the price of cars and petrol should be increased to combat the growing traffic and pollution problems.
24. Tell Mac to siphon petrol out of his wagon.
25. It would not be easy to cover ten miles on that amount of petrol.
26. The crowds became violent and threw petrol bombs at the police.
27. There's no petrol, so it's very difficult to transport goods.
28. A car will come to a grinding halt if you put water in the petrol tank.
29. Mango Financial looks slightly out of place. Its neighbours are a pawnshop, a petrol station and a couple of fast food restaurants.
30. They've begun to hoard food and petrol and save their money.
31. I think, though, that even in the USA, ethanol is still only used as an additive to gasoline, or petrol.
32. What happens when food and petrol supplies run low?
33. Your engine can run happily on 76 octane petrol.
34. Legislation will require UK petrol companies to meet an EU specification for petrol.
35. Ethanol is corrosive and has less energy per litre than petrol and diesel.
36. The system could be used to ensure that cars are converted to run on unleaded petrol.
37. The average price for all grades of petrol at the pump was $3.49 a gallon.
38. They chip in for the petrol and food.
39. There were no petrol pumps and few garages, so every driver had to be his own engineer for the frequent breakdowns.
40. The policy announcement caused panic buying of petrol.
41. Unleaded petrol rose more than a penny a gallon.
42. They hurled abuse at their victim as they doused him with petrol.
43. Petrol is a volatile substance.
44. In most countries the cost of crude oil now accounts for a smaller share of the price of petrol than it did in the 1970s.
45. There are already long queues of vehicles at petrol pumps.
46. Japanese refiners stopped producing leaded petrol in December 1987.
47. It was actually a tricycle with a petrol motor at the rear.
48. Arco says 20% of West Coast drivers want leaded petrol.
49. All new cars take unleaded petrol.
50. We drove there and back on one tank of petrol.
51. He filled up his Toyota with regular unleaded petrol.
52. She put diesel fuel, instead of petrol, into the tank causing the motor to seize up.
53. Bear in mind that petrol stations are scarce in the more remote areas.