How to Use diesel in a Sentence

diesel

noun
Definition of dieselnext
  • Does your car take diesel or gasoline?
  • And many won’t survive high diesel prices, Kiswani said.
    — John Lippert, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2022
  • Users will be able to choose between gas, diesel, hybrid, and electric (EV).
    — Chris Smith, BGR, 7 Sep. 2022
  • Analysts warn there could be shortages of gasoline and diesel in some places such as the Northeast.
    — David Koenig, Chron, 15 Sep. 2022
  • European countries have electrified many train lines to eliminate the vehicles’ need for diesel.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Sep. 2022
  • So the plant is now only stable because of diesel generators and the rick of a nuclear catastrophe real.
    — ABC News, 11 Sep. 2022
  • Buildings can shift onto their diesel generators during a grid emergency, and that’s another way to reduce demand.
    — Anna Blaustein, Scientific American, 16 Sep. 2022
  • The plant had to activate its diesel generators late last month, according to Ukrainian officials.
    — Yuras Karmanau, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Sep. 2022
  • That acronym added to the mystery of a field of antennas that can heat a region of space far above our heads with radio waves powered by five powerful diesel generators, each the size of a fuel truck.
    — Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Sep. 2022
  • The program penalizes refineries that make high carbon fuel, such as diesel and gasoline, and benefits makers of lower carbon fuels such as renewable diesel.
    — Russ Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2024
  • Energoatom said the risk remains high that outside power is cut again, in which case the plant would have to fire up emergency diesel generators to keep the reactors cool and prevent a nuclear meltdown.
    — Karl Ritter, ajc, 11 Sep. 2022
  • Advocates in the state’s underserved urban communities were dismayed to see restrictions on factories using diesel generators lifted so they could be fired up to ease stress on the grid.
    — Erica Werner, Washington Post, 7 Sep. 2022
  • The air smelled of diesel smoke, and the passengers sat cheek-by-jowl.
    — Marcia Desanctis, Travel + Leisure, 14 July 2023
  • However, none of this means the U.S. will run out of diesel.
    — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 1 Nov. 2022
  • The AfD is the party that speaks to those wanting to stick to diesel cars and gas boilers.
    — Joseph De Weck, The Atlantic, 20 Mar. 2024
  • Instead of diesel, the engine burns methanol, at a rate of three gallons a minute.
    — Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2023
  • At the same time prices of diesel are soaring, farmers are burning more of it.
    — Evan Halper, Washington Post, 10 Nov. 2022
  • The law envisions a total ban on the sale of new diesel and gasoline cars by 2035.
    — Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 24 Mar. 2023
  • The district hauled out a diesel generator that ran for hours while the bus charged.
    — Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2023
  • New drilling permits had been in the works for a while, and the Tories haven’t nixed their commitment to end the sale of new petrol and diesel cars by 2030.
    — Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 10 Aug. 2023
  • The district fell back on their diesel vehicles to get students to class that week.
    — Hannah Poukish, The Mercury News, 22 Feb. 2024
  • Katie’s car is a vintage Benz, a diesel, and its engine chugs loudly.
    — Edan Lepucki, The Atlantic, 12 July 2024
  • And a truck on a — with a large tank, large gasoline or diesel capacity, can go up to 2,000 miles.
    — NBC News, 17 Sep. 2023
  • Portable gas heaters run on propane, kerosene, or diesel.
    — Nor'adila Hepburn, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 June 2024
  • Rice is becoming harder to find in Haiti and diesel costs about $25 a gallon, Wine said.
    — Erika Angulo, NBC News, 4 Mar. 2024
  • Yes, the peppy little inline-five diesel purrs to life easily on the first crank.
    — Michael Van Runkle, Robb Report, 14 Feb. 2024
  • The engine is a 13 L diesel with two-stage turbocharging and a 13-speed transmission.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 27 Oct. 2023
  • Gas stations ran out of diesel, meaning snowplows couldn’t clear roads as more snow falls.
    — Amy Delaura, Washington Examiner, 16 Jan. 2023
  • The trains can operate on either straight-up diesel or biodiesel made from rape seed oil, and there are about 500 of them in service.
    — New Atlas, 2 Sep. 2024
  • In a state with the ninth-largest population of 10.8 million, roughly 8 million vehicle registrations are combustion engines, either gas or diesel.
    — Alan Wooten | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 4 Oct. 2024

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