Example sentences for: refinery

How can you use “refinery” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • In response to the letter from Mrs. Maughan S. Mason [XXI, 4, 17] regarding the odor emanating from Pozzuoli (Naples), I did not know there was a refinery there, but I do know that it's a sulfur area (probably a bath in ancient times), and it does smell to high heaven.

  • White Heat features two of Cagney's greatest primal tantrums: in prison, when he finds out that his mother is dead and moans like a maniac; and at a chemical refinery, where he screams, "Top of the world, Ma!"

  • The fire in Turkey's largest oil refinery continued to blaze out of control, threatening to blow up a nearby fertilizer plant and forcing tens of thousands of local residents to flee.

  • Allegations have emerged suggesting a French conglomerate paid $44 million in bribes to the CDU to encourage the sale of a German government-owned refinery.

  • Controversy raged for years after the 1977 opening of this colorful “oil refinery.”


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