Wondering how to use Gallon in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as gal.
Gallon meaning
- A unit of volume, equivalent to eight pints
- exactly 4.54609 liters; an imperial gallon
- 231 cubic inches or approximately 3.785 liters for liquids (a "U.S. liquid gallon")
Synonyms of Gallon
Using Gallon
- The main meaning on this page is: A unit of volume, equivalent to eight pints | exactly 4.54609 liters; an imperial gallon | 231 cubic inches or approximately 3.785 liters for liquids (a "U.S. liquid gallon")
- Useful related words include: gal, imperial gallon, congius, british capacity unit.
- In the example corpus, gallon often appears in combinations such as: per gallon, gallon of, for gallon.
Context around Gallon
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 14 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Gallon
- In this selection, "gallon" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, per, five, lower, barrels and bucket stand out and add context to how "gallon" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include cents per gallon lower than and a five gallon bucket of. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "gallon" sits close to words such as compass, constructive and dissent, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with gallon
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Easy, levy a $0.35 gallon tax on every gallon of gas sold in Oregon. (15 words)
Marblehead allows two 35-gallon barrels or one 70-gallon barrel and Nahant permits two 32-gallon barrels. (18 words)
Gasbuddy.com reported Monday gasoline prices statewide rose 11.3 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.68 per gallon. (22 words)
The national average price for a gallon of regular unleaded is $2.21, which is two cents less than compared to this day last week and 35 cents less than the price per gallon at this same time last year. (40 words)
The city’s five-year capital improvement plan earmarks the funds for projects such as the $40 million replacement of the 60-year-old, 7.5 million gallon Peck Reservoir with a new 8 million gallon reservoir. (37 words)
The Mirai's efficiency is rated at 67 MPGe, or Miles Per Gallon Equivalent, meaning the distance a Mirai can travel on the amount of hydrogen fuel with the same energy content as one gallon of gasoline. (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
Marblehead allows two 35-gallon barrels or one 70-gallon barrel and Nahant permits two 32-gallon barrels.
Gasbuddy.com reported Monday gasoline prices statewide rose 11.3 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.68 per gallon.
Prices in North Carolina are still 15.3 cents per gallon lower than a month ago and stand 6.5 cents per gallon lower than a year ago.
Prices in Texas are 20.7 cents per gallon lower than a month ago and stand 95.4 cents per gallon lower than a year ago.
According to GasBuddy price reports, the cheapest station in Montana was priced at $3.16 per gallon yesterday while the most expensive was $3.79 per gallon.
At the same time, average prices per gallon statewide stood at $2.84 and $3.01 per gallon for the rest of the country.
Easy, levy a $0.35 gallon tax on every gallon of gas sold in Oregon.
If you pour of gallon of water into a swimming pool, you can’t come back a month later and identify which gallon of water in the pool belongs to you.
It's designed to hold up half a gallon of wet debris and a gallon of dry debris, ensuring that you can get quite a lot done before cleaning.
The national average is down 17.3 cents per gallon from a month ago and stands 12.6 cents per gallon lower than a year ago.
FCC wants Omaha residents to use the two 90 gallon carts for 90 days after Nov. 30th, and after that, people can request a 48 gallon one if it works better for households.
Florida’s most-expensive gas is $1.95 a gallon in West Palm Beach, while the cheapest is $1.62 a gallon in Jacksonville, according to AAA.
Four stations in the state are charging $0.91 per gallon, and two stations in the Milwaukee area are charging $0.94 per gallon.
One board had a five gallon bucket of mammal blood, another had a five gallon bucket of fish blood, and the third had seawater.
The city’s five-year capital improvement plan earmarks the funds for projects such as the $40 million replacement of the 60-year-old, 7.5 million gallon Peck Reservoir with a new 8 million gallon reservoir.
The Mirai's efficiency is rated at 67 MPGe, or Miles Per Gallon Equivalent, meaning the distance a Mirai can travel on the amount of hydrogen fuel with the same energy content as one gallon of gasoline.
The national average price for a gallon of regular unleaded is $2.21, which is two cents less than compared to this day last week and 35 cents less than the price per gallon at this same time last year.
Alabamians have seen gas prices rise 0.9 cents per gallon since last week, bringing the state average to $2.21 per gallon.
Gas prices in Fort Collins are 15.2 cents per gallon higher than a month ago, yet stand 22.5 cents per gallon lower than a year ago.
An 80-gallon Earth Machine backyard composter and the 55-gallon sYstern rain barrel, both made of recycled materials, are for sale at wholesale prices.
Common combinations with gallon
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- per gallon 91×
- gallon of 49×
- for gallon 17×
- gallon higher 15×
- gallon in 10×
- gallon lower 8×
- one gallon 7×
- of gallon 6×
- gallon from 6×
- to gallon 6×