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.