PETROLEUM in a Sentence

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Yet the fire was bright, the hearth white, the petroleum lamp hung bright over the table, with its white oil-cloth.

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 Meanings and Examples of PETROLEUM
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petroleum
 n.  dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons
Classic Sentence:
1  Yet the fire was bright, the hearth white, the petroleum lamp hung bright over the table, with its white oil-cloth.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
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Example Sentence:
1  The petroleum product's pricing regulatory agency said in a statement it welcomed the high court's decision, and added that marketers were now free to procure products and release them to the public subject to guidelines.
2  This land is rich with petroleum.