OIL in a Sentence

Learn OIL from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
113 example sentences for OIL, such as:
1. Some paints have an oil base.
2. The bath oil comes in various fragrances.
3. The smell of diesel oil permeated the air.
4. Check the oil and water before setting off.
5. Pouring oil on the fire is no way to quench it.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of OIL
oil
 n.  oil paint containing pigment that is used by an artist
 v.  cover with oil, as if by rubbing
Classic Sentence: (22 in 2 pages)
1  Oh, he was a little man who looked as if he merely lived to oil his hair.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER FIFTEEN
2  From fire to oil was a natural transition for burned fingers, and Amy fell to painting with undiminished ardor.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
3  They also brought him the little golden cruse of oil, and told him to go and wash in the stream.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK VI
4  Nobody was at home except an old Lapland woman, who was dressing fish by the light of an oil lamp.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian Andersen
Context  Highlight   In THE SNOW QUEEN
5  I was in the drug business and then I was in the oil business.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
6  Gumboes and shrimp Creole, doves in wine and oysters in crumbly patties full of creamy sauce, mushrooms and sweetbreads and turkey livers, fish baked cunningly in oiled paper and limes.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLVIII
7  In yet other rooms they were putting up meats in boxes and barrels, and wrapping hams and bacon in oiled paper, sealing and labeling and sewing them.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
8  They were new and beautiful, and the color bearer habitually oiled the pole.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
9  Sam was there new oiled from dinner, with an abundance of zealous and ready officiousness.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VII
10  This time a badly oiled hinge suddenly emitted amid the silence a hoarse and prolonged cry.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XI—WHAT HE DOES
11  It was obvious that this gate and those hinges, carefully oiled, were in the habit of opening more frequently than was supposed.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VIII—THE TORN COAT-TAIL
12  I sought the key of the side-door in the kitchen; I sought, too, a phial of oil and a feather; I oiled the key and the lock.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVII
13  The Aged especially, might have passed for some clean old chief of a savage tribe, just oiled.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XXXVII
14  I was surprised to find it had been carefully oiled and cleaned.
The Time Machine By H. G. Wells
Context  Highlight   In X
15  Hair parted, brushed, oiled, under a green-lined parasol held in a big white hand.
Heart of Darkness By Joseph Conrad
Context  Highlight   In I
Example Sentence: (91 in 7 pages)
1  Brush the aubergines with oil, add salt and pepper, and bake till soft.
2  The smell of diesel oil permeated the air.
3  The size of your pores is determined by the amount of oil they produce.
4  The flame above the oil well flared into the dark sky.
5  He is described as a Texas oil millionaire and environmentalist, which might appear to be self-contradictory.
6  The pipeline was constructed to transport oil across Alaska to ports on the coast.
7  The resin from which the oil is extracted comes from a small, tough tree.
8  The bath oil comes in various fragrances.
9  Pouring oil on the fire is no way to quench it.
10  Oils may be mixed with a base oil and massaged into the skin.
11  Some paints have an oil base.
12  A little bit of oil works wonders on squeaky hinges.
13  Carbon dust and oil build up in large motors and cause them to short-circuit.
14  Now that oil is scarce, the fate of the motor car is uncertain.
15  Check the oil and water before setting off.