gas-guzzling
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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A Bay Area startup is trying to reinvent the semitruck by making the gas-guzzling giants electric, autonomous and designed for efficiency.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 21, 2026
However, the message is unlikely to resonate with many in the United States, where gas-guzzling vehicles remain popular.
From Barron's • Mar. 9, 2026
In choosing its next leader, the automaker’s board faces a fundamental question: Is GM a tech company capable of competing with Tesla and Waymo, or an old-school vehicle manufacturer married to large gas-guzzling vehicles?
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 22, 2025
They’re just not very popular, even though their gas-guzzling cousins tend to dominate in the U.S.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 29, 2025
And so, on the night he set out to ransom me, he remained at the wheel of an enormous, gas-guzzling Cadillac.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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