How to Use diesel in a Sentence

diesel

noun
Definition of dieselnext
  • Does your car take diesel or gasoline?
  • The tanker, which had a small amount of diesel on board, caught fire.
    — Yaroslav Trofimov, WSJ, 7 July 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
  • Aaron Kaufman's car, Old Smokey, set the diesel record two years ago.
    — Gregory Leporati, Ars Technica, 10 July 2022
  • And many won’t survive high diesel prices, Kiswani said.
    — John Lippert, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2022
  • Instead of diesel, the engine burns methanol, at a rate of three gallons a minute.
    — Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Compared with six months ago, the price of bread has tripled, the price of rice has tripled, the prices of petrol and diesel have more or less tripled.
    — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 22 July 2022
  • 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
  • Users will be able to choose between gas, diesel, hybrid, and electric (EV).
    — Chris Smith, BGR, 7 Sep. 2022
  • 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
  • In the last 12 weeks, diesel prices nationally have jumped 58 cents a gallon.
    — Sean McDonnell, cleveland, 14 June 2022
  • 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
  • Today, gas prices are 75 cents higher, and diesel prices are 90 cents higher.
    — Armando Garcia, ABC News, 15 June 2022
  • 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
  • Wood Mackenzie’s estimates, the price of a barrel of diesel will average $40 for the first three months of this year.
    — Anna Cooban, CNN, 17 Jan. 2023
  • Analysts warn there could be shortages of gasoline and diesel in some places such as the Northeast.
    — David Koenig, Chron, 15 Sep. 2022
  • Running a diesel generator cart results in a lot of waste heat and noise.
    — Robin Warner, Ars Technica, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Pollution from coal fires, diesel buses and factories could not travel up to the atmosphere, instead hovering in a deadly, stagnant smog.
    — Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Dec. 2024
  • With demand for next-day or even same-day deliveries on the rise in urban areas, and an over-reliance on diesel and petrol vehicles for deliveries, there’s widespread concern that the situation is only going to get worse.
    — Laurie Winkless, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024

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