How to Use service station in a Sentence

service station

noun
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  • The Sinclair oil signs, the service station awning, even the pumps — just a façade.
    — Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News, 29 June 2018
  • In the rest of the country, self-service stations became the norm.
    — Jonah Engel Bromwich, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2018
  • The victim was found at the Shell service station next door.
    — Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 11 Nov. 2020
  • One of the victim’s ran to the nearby Shell service station for help.
    — Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 18 Nov. 2019
  • The remains of the six-pump service station were bulldozed in June 1981 to make room for growth.
    — Meryl Kornfield, Sun-Sentinel.com, 6 July 2018
  • The cost of gas went up 20 cents overnight at two service stations in Florence.
    — Nancy Daly, Cincinnati.com, 9 May 2018
  • Those who used it to pay at a service station got a discount on gas.
    — Laurent Belsie, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 June 2022
  • Sunoco service station on June 8 and in lieu of tow skates, sprayed WD-40 oil on the front tire and flat bed of his truck.
    — Thomas Jewell, cleveland, 26 June 2022
  • The building that was once a towing and service station is now the home of Moniker Brewery.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 14 May 2021
  • Sanders served chicken, as well as country ham and steak out of the service station.
    — Molly Dodd, Fox News, 17 Sep. 2015
  • Last week, Hawkins was killed in a shooting outside a service station across the street from the ministry.
    — Caroline Tien, San Antonio Express-News, 21 Oct. 2021
  • The recharging could also be done at a service station or in the EV itself.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 24 Dec. 2023
  • Blakely's Blakely's was a string of service stations through the Phoenix area.
    — azcentral, 4 Nov. 2014
  • The service station-turned-smoke shack uses a blend of hickory, pecan, and peach woods to smoke their meats.
    — Outside Online, 15 Mar. 2022
  • Named Harbaugh Seaside Trails in 2015 to recognize a key donor, the land was once the site of a busy service station.
    — Phil Diehl, sandiegouniontribune.com, 1 Mar. 2018
  • While at the service station, Lemley said, the victim went into the restroom and called 911.
    — Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 16 Dec. 2019
  • Reid had worked at a service station in high school, using his wages to buy his mother new teeth.
    — Alexandra Larkin, CBS News, 28 Dec. 2021
  • Jeremy – who offered to pump gas at a self-service station in the New York City borough for tips.
    — Janna Herron, USA TODAY, 23 Aug. 2019
  • The big rig stopped at a truck service station at I-10 and Foster, and the officer approached the driver.
    — Jacob Beltran, San Antonio Express-News, 6 May 2021
  • There was a showroom for new cars on the lower level and a service station and garage were added later.
    — Tirion Morris, The Arizona Republic, 22 Oct. 2021
  • Adam works night shifts at a motorway service station and lives a small and lonely life.
    — Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 May 2022
  • Lines formed at service stations as motorists topped off their tanks and filled gasoline cans.
    — Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 29 Aug. 2019
  • There’s a way to read that as a very innocent trip to the service station, and there’s a way to read it as something a lot more sinister.
    — Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2023
  • The property even has its own gas service station and car wash—the RockTane Gas & Wash—for those taking a road trip to the casino.
    — Nancy Trejos, USA TODAY, 2 July 2018
  • The store features a meat market, deer processing, as well as a two pump service station and car wash.
    — Kathy Jumper, al, 11 Aug. 2019
  • Ayub plays Adam, who works night shifts at a motorway service station and lives a lonely life.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 2 Sep. 2023
  • Yates, 60, who owns the Sunoco service station and a restaurant nearby, saw Muse struggling and in need of a funnel.
    — Washington Post, 13 May 2021
  • There is so little weight on the front end that the car can be driven to a service station without damaging a flat front tire.
    — Car and Driver, 11 Aug. 2022
  • In Pinole, zoning already limits where service stations can be located to the western part of the city.
    — Sierra Lopez, The Mercury News, 9 Apr. 2024
  • Rewards at the gas station vs. pump Many cards that offer outsized rewards on gas spending also reward purchases inside the service station such as snacks and wiper fluid.
    — Nerdwallet, Orange County Register, 23 May 2024

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