Sentence examples for equivalent of fumes from inspiring English sources
Still, there will be times when electric cars will be out on the road, running on the electrical equivalent of fumes, and looking for a charge.
The fiscal year came to a close on Wednesday night with no budget deal between the Legislature and Gov. David A. Paterson, leaving New York State running on the fiscal equivalent of fumes.
In strictly financial terms, Tesla Motors operates on the dollar equivalent of fumes.
Recent studies from the World Bank estimate that "...780 million women and children breathing particulate laden kerosene fumes inhale the equivalent of smoke from two packets of cigarettes a day".
As the day progresses, paraffin stoves are lit, starting the production of fumes that are the equivalent of smoking two packets of cigarettes per day for every resident in each shack with a similar stove.
"It was a departure from White House protocol," he fumed (the DC equivalent of "I'm telling Mom!").
"That's the equivalent of a no-bid contract in Iraq," fumes Barry Ritholtz, who runs an equity research firm in New York and writes The Big Picture, a popular and well-regarded economics blog.
We could see and taste the artistry of fumes.
Beware of fumes created by spray paint.
Avoid contact with skin and inhalation of fumes.
