gas
noun
a substance possessing perfect molecular mobility and the property of indefinite expansion, as opposed to a solid or liquid.
gasless
-
a word derived from
gas.
Example Sentences
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Though Norisada adores his electric vehicle, so much so that he plans to buy a newer model, he says there are drawbacks to going gasless.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 10, 2023
For U.S. civilians that meant sugar rationing, gasless Sundays, fuelless Mondays, meatless Tuesdays and wheatless Wednesdays.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 17, 2018
Once, he helped push Brown’s gasless car out of the street, drove him to get gas and drove him back, despite work piling up on his desk.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 5, 2015
He quickly adjusted to this free world of farting, but I still clung to gasless — or at least noiseless — feminine illusion: “Plug your ears,” I told him, holding my bloated stomach.
From Salon ● Mar. 23, 2013
In the 1970s, the famed Tyrolean alpinist Reinhold Messner emerged as the leading proponent of gasless climbing, declaring that he would ascend Everest “by fair means” or not at all.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
