How to Use refuel in a Sentence

refuel

verb
  • The crew refueled the airplane.
  • The airplane landed to refuel.
  • Younger bucks are wiped out at this point in the runt and need to refuel.
    Scott Bestul, Field & Stream, 22 Nov. 2023
  • The base houses long-range flight tankers that serve to refuel bombers in the air.
    Jamey Keaten, Chicago Tribune, 5 Dec. 2022
  • Now my next test is to refuel and get a good night’s sleep.
    cleveland, 12 Mar. 2022
  • The women got back to the skiff, refueled and headed out into the night.
    Alaa Elassar, CNN, 11 Aug. 2023
  • The base houses long-range flight tankers that serve to refuel bombers in the air, according to the AP.
    Mithil Aggarwal, NBC News, 5 Dec. 2022
  • Each bus is stocked with food and water and makes stops along the trip to refuel and switch drivers.
    USA TODAY, 24 Aug. 2023
  • The summit is the perfect place to soak in the accomplishment (and the views) and refuel for the descent with a tasty snack.
    Outside Online, 16 June 2022
  • Pro tip: be sure to stop by the aid station with water and electrolytes at the 1.5 mile mark to refuel.
    Sara Butler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Mar. 2022
  • Along the way, pilots made nightly stops to eat, sleep and refuel.
    Michael O’Donnell, WSJ, 18 Nov. 2022
  • Transatlantic flights may even need to reroute and refuel.
    Amanda Hoover, WIRED, 13 July 2023
  • The episode occurred after two U.S. Navy F-18s that had been on patrol near the base left to refuel.
    Gordon Lubold, WSJ, 17 June 2022
  • But last year the couple began to have to wait in line, sometimes for more than hour, to refuel their car.
    Aarian Marshall, WIRED, 25 Feb. 2024
  • That plane had a shorter range and had stopped to refuel in Cedar City, Utah, only for a snowstorm to strand the team there overnight.
    Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Feb. 2024
  • My favorite walk is around the Marais with a stop to refuel midday at Mariage Freres for tea.
    Elise Taylor, Vogue, 25 Feb. 2022
  • About a fifth of the planes at Reid-Hillview must now fly elsewhere to refuel; the rest have switched to unleaded fuel.
    Michael J. Coren, Quartz, 16 June 2022
  • While the saildrone can work for months, those ships have to return to shore more often to refuel and pick up food.
    Tara Duggan, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Mar. 2023
  • There are no stops to refuel or to pick up extra supplies.
    Susan Montoya Bryan, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2023
  • The robot will use a mechanical arm to catch hold of it and refuel it, mid-air.
    Kurt Kleiner, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Mar. 2022
  • The plane noted its coordinates, but then had to leave the area to refuel.
    Hayes Gardner, Baltimore Sun, 27 July 2023
  • Drivers can refuel with soft drinks and snacks or freshen up in the bathrooms.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 31 July 2023
  • Witnesses said the Explorer was parked at one of the store’s gas pumps when the Charger pulled in as if to refuel.
    Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 29 June 2023
  • And that means millions of pit stops at gas stations across the state to refuel and grab a few snacks before getting back on the road.
    Paul Stephen, San Antonio Express-News, 18 May 2022
  • Pelosi and the visiting lawmakers stopped in Hawaii to refuel at the start of their trip, her office said.
    Christian Shepherd, Washington Post, 31 July 2022
  • The pilots decided to shut down briefly and refuel and hand out t-shirts at the stop where so many had come out to support them.
    Ashley R. Williams, CNN, 2 July 2023
  • This means that during those two months, Hamas is going to refuel.
    Nbc Universal, NBC News, 28 Jan. 2024
  • Standing nearby was an Uber Eats driver who had last been able to refuel his car four days ago.
    Rick Noack, Washington Post, 15 Oct. 2022
  • As a leader, you might be tempted to pass on pausing to refuel yourself.
    Erin Urban, Forbes, 2 June 2022
  • Baker was able to get out of the snowbank and head to a gas station and refuel before finding another path on the main road.
    Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 7 Jan. 2023

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