jerry

Example Sentences

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People bought five-gallon jerry cans, filled them, and bought more.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

Left behind on the street outside the Louvre was the truck, a jerry can, a blowtorch, angle grinders, a walkie-talkie and yellow vests.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

A child lugs a jerry can half his size full of water.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 23, 2024

A lengthy line of yellow, black, green and blue jerry cans were placed in a tidy line as people settled in for hours of waiting to get a meagre ration.

From Reuters • Nov. 7, 2023

Behind her, one of the firemen placed the charred remnants of the jerry can into the truck—to send to the insurance company, she had no doubt.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng