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.
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.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of OIL
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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.
2 From fire to oil was a natural transition for burned fingers, and Amy fell to painting with undiminished ardor.
3 They also brought him the little golden cruse of oil, and told him to go and wash in the stream.
4 Nobody was at home except an old Lapland woman, who was dressing fish by the light of an oil lamp.
5 I was in the drug business and then I was in the oil business.
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.
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.
8 They were new and beautiful, and the color bearer habitually oiled the pole.
9 Sam was there new oiled from dinner, with an abundance of zealous and ready officiousness.
10 This time a badly oiled hinge suddenly emitted amid the silence a hoarse and prolonged cry.
11 It was obvious that this gate and those hinges, carefully oiled, were in the habit of opening more frequently than was supposed.
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.
13 The Aged especially, might have passed for some clean old chief of a savage tribe, just oiled.
14 I was surprised to find it had been carefully oiled and cleaned.
15 Hair parted, brushed, oiled, under a green-lined parasol held in a big white hand.
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.