How to Use diesel in a Sentence

diesel

noun
  • Does your car take diesel or gasoline?
  • What's worse are diesel prices.
    — Arkansas Online, 23 Mar. 2026
  • And more than a bump in diesel.
    — Arkansas Online, 11 Mar. 2026
  • How high is the price of diesel?
    — John Tufts, IndyStar, 18 Mar. 2026
  • How high is the price of diesel?
    — John Tufts, IndyStar, 26 Mar. 2026
  • That’s where the diesel still wins.
    — New Atlas, 27 May 2026
  • Why are gas and diesel prices up?
    — Lucia Cheng, Des Moines Register, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Yeah, diesel costs a whole lot right now.
    — Joel Feder, The Drive, 17 June 2026
  • Cold heaters and the smell of diesel, oil, and mold.
    — Simon De Burton, Robb Report, 1 Apr. 2026
  • That’s half of the rate that diesel costs have gone up.
    — Matthew Belasco, Mercury News, 11 June 2026
  • Gas and diesel prices also have shot up.
    — ABC News, 13 May 2026
  • The tanker, which had a small amount of diesel on board, caught fire.
    — Yaroslav Trofimov, WSJ, 7 July 2022
  • There is no ceiling on the diesel levy.
    — Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 16 June 2026
  • The question is no longer whether diesel works.
    — Geri Stengel, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
  • How much have diesel prices increased?
    — Lucia Cheng, Des Moines Register, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Nobody has four cars-worth of diesel at these parks.
    — Charlie Lapastora, CBS News, 17 Dec. 2025
  • Traffic was stalled in the area as crews cleaned up the diesel.
    — Dominick Williams, Kansas City Star, 27 Jan. 2026
  • The journey can be booked on either a steam or diesel train.
    — Acacia Gabriel, Travel + Leisure, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Gasoline, diesel and jet fuel are made from crude oil.
    — Cathy Bussewitz, Chicago Tribune, 14 Mar. 2026
  • With higher costs, with higher costs of diesel.
    — ABC News, 14 June 2026
  • Jet fuel has come down, but diesel has now gone up above jet fuel.
    — Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 25 May 2026
  • The honk of car horns disappears along with the diesel churn of trucks.
    — Lauren Mowery, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
  • From 2030 the sale of new petrol and diesel cars will be banned.
    — Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 9 Oct. 2021
  • The air smelled of diesel smoke, and the passengers sat cheek-by-jowl.
    — Marcia Desanctis, Travel + Leisure, 14 July 2023
  • That would amount to a 4% reduction in the price of diesel.
    — Max Zahn, ABC News, 12 May 2026
  • Premium gas is about $1 more, as is diesel.
    — Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 11 May 2026
  • Latvia and Lithuania plan to cut duties on diesel.
    — ABC News, 1 Apr. 2026
  • The first bus parked near the campus, and just outside dozens of tents, was a diesel bus.
    — Jessica Boehm, The Arizona Republic, 19 July 2021
  • The diesel Sierra feels relaxed all the time.
    — New Atlas, 27 May 2026
  • Here’s what to know about the state’s diesel tax and the impact of this year’s decrease.
    — Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 8 July 2025

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