guzzler

Example Sentences

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But if you are used to paying low premiums for an older gas guzzler, you might get sticker shock.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

Switching from an SUV to using a new, direct, and protected bike lane might seem like a no-brainer—why not leave the hulking gas guzzler in the garage, if you can?—but it can take effort.

From Slate • Dec. 3, 2024

With gasoline consumption having topped out in the U.S., the world's top gas guzzler, in 2019 and China set to peak around next year, global gasoline markets could move into a surplus from 2025.

From Reuters • Jul. 28, 2023

“We have to be cognizant of maintenance and sustainment considerations with tanks, and certainly we know that the Abrams tank, in addition to being a gas guzzler, is quite challenging to maintain,” she said.

From Washington Post • Jan. 12, 2023

"Between the lip of the pot and that of the guzzler there is often a viper, and you will find me there!" she went on, furious at Nucingen's contempt.

From Scenes from a Courtesan's Life by Balzac, Honoré de