Get to know Refuelling better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning.
Refuelling meaning
present participle and gerund of refuel
Using Refuelling
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of refuel
- In the example corpus, refuelling often appears in combinations such as: refuelling and, air-to-air refuelling, for refuelling.
Context around Refuelling
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 9 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Refuelling
- In this selection, "refuelling" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, flight, hydrogen, drogue, stop, limited and techniques stand out and add context to how "refuelling" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a temporary refuelling facility and and a vital refuelling stop for. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "refuelling" sits close to words such as abdulaziz, abortive and acacia, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with refuelling
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
There are only five public refuelling stations in the country. (10 words)
After refuelling on quality food, wander down to the River Lerez. (11 words)
So, at one point, the men refuelling the plane all had ‘shiny black shoes’ and neatly trimmed hair. (18 words)
In February this year, United marked the 66th anniversary of the tragedy when they remembered the eight brilliant Busby Babes killed when a plane taking them home from a European Cup tie in Belgrade crashed on take-off after a refuelling stop in Bavaria. (44 words)
A few days after refuelling, Ms Wootton noticed a dashboard message while driving on the motorway saying, ‘performance restricted water in fuel’, causing her speed to be capped at 50mph and the car to be put in ‘limp mode’. (39 words)
The RIA state news agency said the training ship Smolniy, the patrol frigate Neustrashimiy (Fearless), and the refuelling tanker Yelnya would take part in the visit and that Russian sailors would meet the head of the Cuban Navy. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
Shacklady 1962, p. 129. The long term answer to this question was the in-flight refuelling ; several Meteors were provided to Flight Refuelling Limited for trials of the newly developed probe-and-drogue refuelling techniques.
Fuel Cell Systems, which also supported trials in Milford Haven with Pembrokeshire Council is providing the hydrogen refuelling system.
There are only five public refuelling stations in the country.
The three Robinson R44 helicopters - each with one pilot and one collector - set off just after dawn at 7.03am to fly 90 minutes to an unmanned refuelling site deep in the bush near Mount Borradaile.
The Voyager is the RAF’s sole air-to-air refuelling (AAR) tanker and also operates as a strategic air transport.
A few days after refuelling, Ms Wootton noticed a dashboard message while driving on the motorway saying, ‘performance restricted water in fuel’, causing her speed to be capped at 50mph and the car to be put in ‘limp mode’.
After refuelling on quality food, wander down to the River Lerez.
After the war, the airfield became the home to Sir Alan Cobham’s pioneering aviation research and manufacturing company Flight Refuelling.
Along with Bridgwater, other regional locations - including Bristol, Exeter, Plymouth and South West Cornwall - have been identified as critical hydrogen refuelling locations.
Four Typhoon jets - supported by a Voyager refuelling aircraft - dropped Paveway bombs on 2 military facilities used by Houthis to launch drone and missile strikes pic.
Hydrogen specialist Element 2 previously created a temporary refuelling facility and now hopes to set up the permanent station to provide fuel for vehicles at the airport and those being trialled by local authorities and commercial fleets.
In 2021, Cobham Mission Systems, which makes air-to-air flight refuelling technology and is based in Wimborne, Dorset, was sold to US-Irish giant Eaton for £2 billion.
In February this year, United marked the 66th anniversary of the tragedy when they remembered the eight brilliant Busby Babes killed when a plane taking them home from a European Cup tie in Belgrade crashed on take-off after a refuelling stop in Bavaria.
In the passenger vehicle market, however, hydrogen cars are going to face the same challenges EVs faced: new infrastructure for refuelling networks will have to be rolled out.
It is used as a refuelling and repair site for Russian vessels, allowing them to stay in the Mediterranean without having to return to Russia's Black Sea ports via the Turkish straits.
São Vicente's Mindelo port became a vital refuelling stop for steamships carrying goods across the Atlantic Ocean or to Africa - and an important global communications hub with the 1875 arrival of a submarine cable station.
So, at one point, the men refuelling the plane all had ‘shiny black shoes’ and neatly trimmed hair.
SpaceX needs to demonstrate refuelling and conduct a test landing on the Moon without crew before Artemis III can proceed.
Stanley Johnson, the writer and father of a former prime minister, decided he wanted to leave rather than wait for refuelling and the planned onward flight to Gatwick.
The RIA state news agency said the training ship Smolniy, the patrol frigate Neustrashimiy (Fearless), and the refuelling tanker Yelnya would take part in the visit and that Russian sailors would meet the head of the Cuban Navy.
Common combinations with refuelling
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- refuelling and 8×
- air-to-air refuelling 6×
- for refuelling 5×
- hydrogen refuelling 4×
- after refuelling 4×
- as refuelling 4×
- in-flight refuelling 3×
- flight refuelling 3×
- refuelling stop 3×
- and refuelling 3×