How to Use crude in a Sentence

crude

1 of 2 adjective
Definition of crudenext
Synonyms for crudenext
  • They built a crude shelter out of branches.
  • She first described the procedure in crude terms, and then went into more detail.
  • For humans, the sense of smell is a crude and imprecise tool.
    — Jack Gedney, The Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2024
  • Chevron made the deal when crude prices were down more than 30% in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.
    — Michelle Chapman, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Oct. 2023
  • In June, crude oil prices ranged between $67 and $73 per barrel.
    — oregonlive, 3 Aug. 2023
  • At least 20 percent of the world’s crude oil is moved through the strategic waterway.
    — Missy Ryan, Washington Post, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Gas prices have been on the rise this summer, partly due to higher crude oil prices.
    — Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Much of this comes down to the cost of refining crude oil into gasoline.
    — Aaron Hurd, wsj.com, 18 Oct. 2023
  • The rather crude English dubbing adds a lot to the experience.
    — Nicholas Bell, SPIN, 24 Oct. 2023
  • For most of 2023, Russia sold its flagship grade Urals crude to India at prices well above the cap.
    — Breanne Deppisch, Washington Examiner, 4 Jan. 2024
  • But the cost of crude oil also has an impact on gasoline prices, Gross and others said.
    — Eli Tan, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Brent crude futures gained more than 1%, extending a volatile spell ahead of the OPEC meeting.
    — Joe Wallace, WSJ, 28 Nov. 2023
  • Those Marines and sailors could provide the backbone for any armed guard mission in the strait, through which 20 percent of the world’s crude oil passes.
    — Lolita C. Baldor and Jon Gambrell, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Aug. 2023
  • And in the first five months of the year, the group estimated, 35 percent of the crude oil arriving at the port was of Russian origin.
    — Ana Swanson, New York Times, 29 June 2023
  • The researchers had simply built a crude lab prototype.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 30 July 2023
  • Colorado’s crude oil industry is the fourth largest in the nation and the eighth largest in the production of natural gas.
    — Bob Beauprez, The Denver Post, 4 Apr. 2024
  • Oil prices gained nearly 2%, with Brent crude trading above $77 a barrel.
    — Karen Langley, WSJ, 9 Jan. 2024
  • The biggest ships in the world are the ultra large crude carriers, at 415 meters twice the length and eight times the capacity of coastal tankers.
    — Michael Barnard, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
  • Worries about the global economy dragged lower prices for crude oil and the stocks of companies that pull it from the ground.
    — Elaine Kurtenbach, ajc, 21 June 2023
  • Worries about the global economy’s strength dragged down prices for crude oil and stocks of companies that pull it from the ground.
    — Stan Choe, Chicago Tribune, 20 June 2023
  • In the premarket, crude oil is down nearly 3% and trading below $69.
    — Jj Kinahan, Forbes, 3 May 2023
  • Domestic crude oil production reached record levels this year, and is likely to do the same in 2024.
    — Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 25 Oct. 2023
  • Seeps occur when crude oil leaks from fractures in the seafloor or rises up through seafloor sediments.
    — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2024
  • Diminished demand has lowered the profit margin derived from the difference in the cost of crude oil and the sale price of gasoline at the pump.
    — Max Zahn, ABC News, 27 Oct. 2023
  • Benchmark Brent crude oil traded up some 4% Friday at over $80 a barrel.
    — Jon Gambrell, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Job openings peaked in 2022 along with record gasoline and crude oil prices but prices since have moderated.
    — Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2024
  • That is a contrast with crude oil and natural gas, which are down 15% and 33%, respectively.
    — WSJ, 28 June 2023
  • The recent spike in gas prices owes primarily to a jump in the price of crude oil, which makes up the key input cost for the gasoline that ends up in U.S. cars, analysts said.
    — Max Zahn, ABC News, 9 Aug. 2023
  • This crude and haphazard stability for the dollar brought an end to the 1970s stagflation.
    — Nathan Lewis, Forbes, 5 May 2023
  • But the tools of misinformation that were used in those elections were crude compared with those that will be available next year.
    — Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 22 Dec. 2023
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crude

2 of 2 noun
  • On Sunday evening, the price of Brent crude surged to $85.48 a barrel.
    — Clifford Krauss, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2023
  • Diesel costs more than $40 per barrel above the crude used to make it.
    — David McHugh, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Jan. 2023
  • In the fourth quarter, the price of oil was $70 to $90 for a barrel of U.S. benchmark crude.
    — Wyatte Grantham-Philips, USA TODAY, 1 Feb. 2023
  • Once in place, the new vessel will be able to take on the crude from the Safer, which will then be towed away and sold for scrap.
    — Dominic Dudley, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2023
  • The increase in the cost of crude comes at a sensitive time for U.S. consumers.
    — Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Monday’s rise in crude helped oil and gas stocks to some of Wall Street’s biggest gains.
    — Stan Choe, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2023
  • Brent crude fell more than 1% to trade below $79 a barrel.
    — WSJ, 28 Dec. 2023
  • The actor and legendary standup comic known for his raw, scorched voice and crude jokes.
    — Bernard McGhee, al, 31 Dec. 2022
  • The price of oil ranged between $70 to $90 for a barrel of U.S. benchmark crude during the quarter.
    — Cathy Bussewitz, Fortune, 31 Jan. 2023
  • The same goes for Iran, barred by sanctions from selling its crude elsewhere.
    — Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Mar. 2023
  • But oil prices continued to drop, with the price of Brent crude hovering at $76 over the weekend.
    — Evan Halper, Washington Post, 4 June 2023
  • The number of rigs drilling for crude dropped again this week, a sign that U.S. producers are pessimistic about prices.
    — Ryan Dezember, WSJ, 2 June 2023
  • Russia is still paying a penalty: The price of its crude has fallen to a steep discount to Brent.
    — Joe Wallace, WSJ, 10 Feb. 2023
  • The move sent Brent crude futures up more than 2%, making a weekly gain of 8% likely.
    — Alan Murray, Fortune, 10 Feb. 2023
  • Brent crude, the global benchmark, has gained nearly 7% since then.
    — Anna Cooban, CNN, 24 Oct. 2023
  • At the time of writing, the price of Brent crude, used as a global benchmark, is up 4.5% and trading at over $81 per barrel.
    — Julia Malleck, Quartz, 3 Apr. 2023
  • But on Thursday, a barrel of Urals crude traded at nearly $64 to Brent’s $81.
    — Anna Cooban, CNN, 13 July 2023
  • No Russian crude was shipped to northern European countries in the four weeks to Feb. 10.
    — Julian Lee, Bloomberg.com, 13 Feb. 2023
  • Brent crude is the international oil price benchmark and is produced in the North Sea.
    — Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN, 7 Sep. 2023
  • In the oil market, a barrel of U.S. crude approached $90 early in the morning before paring its gain.
    — Stan Choe, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2023
  • Brent crude is up by more than 2% since the start of the year but has remained relatively stable at around $79/barrel.
    — The Week Uk, theweek, 21 Jan. 2024
  • Gatik has shipped at least 83 million barrels of Russian crude and oil products, enough to meet the UK’s demand for more than two months.
    — Team Quartz India, Quartz, 5 May 2023
  • Much of that crude is being sent to Europe, to replace reductions in Russian supplies, and to Asia.
    — The Arizona Republic, 5 Apr. 2024
  • Most of Moscow's crude — its main moneymaker — cost less than that.
    — TIME, 23 Oct. 2023
  • Brent crude settled around $85 a barrel, while its U.S. counterpart was near $81.
    — WSJ, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Futures for Brent crude, the international benchmark mark, breached $90 a barrel for the first time this year.
    — Stanley Reed, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Sep. 2023
  • The research group now expects the price of a barrel of Brent crude, the global oil benchmark, to rise to $95 a barrel by the end of the year, up from its previous estimate of $85.
    — Anna Cooban, CNN, 27 Jan. 2023
  • Oil rose, with Brent crude finishing above $85 a barrel and its U.S. counterpart above $81.
    — Karen Langley, WSJ, 3 Aug. 2023
  • The price of a barrel of Brent crude was up more than 2 percent after BP’s announcement Monday, trading at around $78.
    — Missy Ryan, Washington Post, 18 Dec. 2023
  • The news sent the price of benchmark Brent crude rising above $90 per barrel for the first time since November, although prices slipped early Wednesday.
    — Harold Maass, The Week, 6 Sep. 2023

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