fuelish

Example Sentences

• "People who were "fuelish" would learn to conserve, or simply do without."
• "Driving fuel-efficient vehicles and using motorbikes when possible to replace or supplement vehicles are two of the ways Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks employees are attempting to become less fuelish and to lower transportation costs."
• "For the moment, there is no energy crisis, no gasoline rationing, no collection of conservation tips from oil companies, no twinge of un-Americanism from driving a car big enough to fit into comfortably, and no such thing as being "fuelish.""
• "The fifty-five-mile-per-hour speed limit, the unreliable cars that had been reconfigured to meet fuel efficiency standards, the constant reminders not to be “fuelish” served as reminders that one of America's oldest freedoms—the freedom to waste—had been severely curtailed."
• "A heavy foot, aggressive driving in traffic, and other fuelish driving habits significantly reduce fuel economy and cost you dearly at the pump."
• "Special arrangements will be made, we understand, to obviate the dire necessity of the costermonger having to consume his (s) moke! Smoke, it is admitted, is "sootable" for many purposes; but the wisest plan is virtually the most “fuelish", viz. to burn it as additional fuel."