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Sentence count:244+32Posted:2017-02-15Updated:2020-07-24
Synonym: gasgasolenegasolineSimilar words: petroleumperpetratepatrolcontrolmetropolisvictrolametropolitancomptrollerMeaning: ['petrəl]  n. a volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum; used mainly as a fuel in internal-combustion engines. 
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181. When the petrol situation started to worsen earlier this week the site saw a 300 per cent increase in traffic.
182. When the police tried to advance they were bombarded with petrol bombs.
183. The process is slightly different than that for manufacturing catalysts for petrol cars.
184. You have the intention permanently to deprive me of the petrol.
185. She was working as a petrol station cashier when armed robbers threatened her with a knife during a raid.
186. He works for a Peugeot dealership and the company has offered a back-up vehicle with the promise of petrol from other businesses.
187. The petrol station attendant told her to apply for more at the Kommandatur which turned out to be the old town hall.
188. Home Office Ministers fiddled while tyres and a few petrol bombs burned.
189. If Jamie Mitchell filled his rust bucket up with petrol, it'd double the value.
190. Damage to the plant's production capacity immediately affected world oil and petrol prices.
191. While Sapan found the petrol we strolled the boardwalk where ladies sold shells and coral jewellery.
192. The government sets the local price of petrol absurdly low while imposing taxes of over 80% on the company's revenues.
193. The raiders burst into the dining-room and rolled hand grenades along the floor as a petrol bomb was launched outside.
194. Moreover, its big-name client base so far is largely confined to Sainsbury, Gateway and the main petrol retailers.
195. A rising inflationary trend and a persistent fiscal deficit during 1990 were exacerbated by the continuing civil war and rising petrol prices.
196. Low octane petrol is readily available almost everywhere, while paraffin is widely used in the third world.
197. These will be electronically controlled, a technical task far harder on a diesel engine than on its petrol counterpart.
198. Avoid places such as dry cleaners and petrol stations while you are testing out these measures.
199. And Halfords has reported a 500 per cent increase in sales of petrol cans.
200. It was just a brief spell of ownership; the war meant petrol rationing.
201. Many new models of cars can already run on unleaded petrol without any adjustment.
202. In a bizarre twist,(www.Sentencedict.com) the continuing rise in fuel taxes could force the petrol companies themselves to hike prices further.
203. He was conscious of feeling cold in the van and of the unpleasant smell of petrol.
204. Fire investigators believe the living room was doused with petrol and set alight.
205. Concern about slowing demand for petrol and a recent fall in crude prices has pushed Opec towards tough action on supply.
206. Power for the rotary cultivation unit was provided by an air cooled petrol engine mounted on the plough.
207. The government halted the distribution of petrol and the Committees for the Defence of the Republic began distributing arms.
208. The Green Party aims to gain concessions on environmental safeguards for nuclear power and on the ingredients of unleaded petrol.
209. Natural gas provides a viable alternative to petrol and diesel, offering a large cost saving per gallon.
210. Ordinary citizens tolerated corruption when times were good and when the government rewarded them with cheap food, services and petrol.
More similar words: petroleumperpetratepatrolcontrolmetropolisvictrolametropolitancomptrollerretrospectiveretroactivelyretrospectiontake controlout of controlunder controlcontrol groupelectrolysisbeyond controluncontrollablepetpettycompetecarpetmetricpeter outpettishimpetusget readycome trueretractget rid of
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