jerry
Example Sentences
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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
They soon came across what was left of the Reich Chancellery - the very heart of Nazi power - and, in the garden, found a couple of discarded jerry cans.
From BBC • Jun. 7, 2023
People run jerry cans of diesel and gasoline to keep vehicles running.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2022
Hundreds of gallons of water in ten gallon plastic jerry jugs.
From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
