How to Use gallon in a Sentence

gallon

noun

• The answer wasn’t so much a word as a growl and maybe a gallon of green, sticky vomit.
  — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2023
• The east Valley led the list, with a change of more than 30 cents per gallon since last Wednesday.
  — Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 17 Aug. 2023
• Gas taxes will be hiked by as much as five cents a gallon over the next four years.
  — The Editors, National Review, 31 May 2023
• The West and Hawaii are the places where the average price of a gallon of regular gas is over $4.
  — Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 26 May 2023
• That works out to 35 grams of salt per liter of water, or half a cup per gallon in home-cook terms.
  — Julia Moskin, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2024
• That's at least 240 gallons according to the back of the envelope.
  — Molly Robey, Washington Post, 11 June 2023
• Mix ⅓ cup bleach per gallon of water, spray or mop it on, then scrub.
  — Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 26 May 2023
• Since oil prices are linked to gasoline prices, the price for a gallon of gas is expected to rise.
  — Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2023
• That’s potentially a lot of getting around for less than the cost of a gallon of gas.
  — Eric D. Lawrence, Detroit Free Press, 4 Sep. 2023
• Prices in the Miami area are 3.5 cents per gallon higher than a month ago.
  — Miami Herald Archives Update, Miami Herald, 8 Apr. 2024
• Prices in the Miami area are 10.3 cents per gallon lower than a month ago.
  — Miami Herald Consumer Team, Miami Herald, 29 Jan. 2024
• Each ship that goes through the canal uses about 55 million gallons of water, most of which then gets flushed out to sea as the ship makes its way through the canal.
  — Abc News, ABC News, 30 Aug. 2023
• But for Arizona drivers, $4 a gallon would be a summer dream come true.
  — Kris Van Cleave, CBS News, 28 Apr. 2023
• Size Matters Start with plants that are 1 gallon or smaller.
  — Kristin Guy, Sunset Magazine, 14 Nov. 2023
• One hundred and ninety-eight gallons of mole sauce will be made for the chicken, every night.
  — Matt Richtel David Williams, New York Times, 6 June 2023
• The system yields about 320 gallons of cleaner water, which is roughly about three months of use.
  — Nor'adila Hepburn, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 May 2023
• The national average of $3.77 has decreased 7 cents per gallon in the same time.
  — Jeff Amy, Fortune, 6 Oct. 2023
• Its high-pressure sand filter pump filters 2,400 gallons per hour to keep your pool clean and free of debris.
  — Veronica Graham, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 June 2023
• Millions of gallons more have since flowed over following last week’s storm.
  — Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Feb. 2024
• The well puts out about 500 gallons of water per minute, Dorri said, which then goes through the nitrate treatment system.
  — Alexandra Hardle, The Arizona Republic, 31 May 2023
• Billions of gallons of water have gone to these operations over the years.
  — courier-journal.com, 1 June 2023
• In the winter of 1969, Santa Barbara’s coastal ecosystem was blitzed by three million gallons of crude oil.
  — Jonathon Keats, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2024
• On top of this, the electric motor gives it an all-electric range of 41 miles and helps boost fuel economy to 31 miles per gallon.
  — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 5 Apr. 2024
• With more than a million L.E.D. light bulbs, the garden expected to burn through a hundred and fifty gallons of diesel fuel each night.
  — Adam Iscoe, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2023
• The valley functioned as a drain for the mountains of the Sierra Nevada, sluicing trillions of gallons of water out to the ocean every spring.
  — Jake Bittle, WIRED, 6 Jan. 2024
• Metro Detroit’s average is now $2.93 per gallon, 5 cents less than last week.
  — Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 2 Jan. 2024
• The average price for a gallon of regular gas was $3.676 on Tuesday.
  — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 18 Apr. 2023
• The excise tax on gasoline in California comes to 57.9 cents per gallon.
  — Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2023
• California's gas tax is the second-highest in the country at 54 cents per gallon.
  — Adam Beam, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Mar. 2023
• All that, when done, is turned into 22 gallons of Golden Delicate maple syrup that Mary Haigh bottles for sale at their store and to ship around the country.
  — Eric Seals, Detroit Free Press, 1 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 3 May 2024