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'oil' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'oil' with 20 example sentences.


oil noun

: a slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water

: oil paint containing pigment that is used by an artist

: a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons

: any of a group of liquid edible fats that are obtained from plants

oil verb

: cover with oil, as if by rubbing

: administer an oil or ointment to; often in a religious ceremony of blessing


  • Oil has been discovered under the North Sea.
  • Bring me vinegar and oil, please.
  • Our country is very rich in oil.
  • Fifteen tons of oil were spilled into the sea.
  • I eat bread without oil.
  • Did you put oil in the pan?
  • Do we have any olive oil?
  • Water is more precious than oil here.
  • The oil filter is easy to get to.
  • The oil filter is upside down.
  • The price of oil went up.
  • They make used cooking oil into soap at that factory.
  • Would you check the oil, please?
  • He bought a lot of flour and oil.
  • Water and oil don't mix.
  • The lamp needs to be filled with oil.
  • Is there any salad oil in the bottle?
  • Fry the eggs in oil.
  • Children hate cod liver oil.
  • I work for an oil company.
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