GALLON in a Sentence

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For GALLON, below is one of 12 sentences:
'Little now; be very much when cook,' spreading out her hands as if to indicate that the pint would swell to a gallon.

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 Meanings and Examples of GALLON
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gallon
 n.  United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters
Classic Sentence:
1  There was an open barrel of cornmeal on the floor, a small sack of flour, a pound of coffee, a little sugar, a gallon jug of sorghum and two hams.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIV
2  A well-fed, plump Huzza Porpoise will yield you one good gallon of good oil.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 32. Cetology.
3  'Little now; be very much when cook,' spreading out her hands as if to indicate that the pint would swell to a gallon.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: X
4  Though their blubber is very thin, some of these whales will yield you upwards of thirty gallons of oil.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 32. Cetology.
5  The packers had secret mains, through which they stole billions of gallons of the city's water.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9
6  Her grandfather had returned, and was busily engaged in pouring some gallons of newly arrived rum into the square bottles of his square cellaret.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: 11 The Dishonesty of an Honest Woman
Example Sentence:
1  There are eight pints in a gallon.
2  I'd like five gallons of gin.
3  Our latest machine can pump a hundred gallons a minute.
4  Thousands of gallons of crude oil were spilled into the ocean.
5  This is the world's largest aquarium with 8 million gallons of fresh and marine water and more than 100000 animals representing 500 species from around the globe.
6  But she went on all the same, shedding gallons of tears, until there was a large pool all round her, about four inches deep and reaching half down the hall.