Example sentences for: bursts

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

  • She relies heavily--very heavily--on adverbs, which serve to pepper her noncommittal reviews with small emphatic bursts and to jack up her celebrations (from a 565-word review of Velvet Goldmine : "dazzlingly surreal," "brilliantly reimagines," "spectacularly reborn," "dramatically presided," "stunningly pretty," "fabulously charismatic," "hilariously decadent," "typically wicked").

  • She can see the phone, she can hear us talking, yet she bursts in, unwilling to wait.

  • Its faded glory includes balustrade terraces and staircases with splendid bursts of bougainvillea, busts of historic characters impaled on the parapets, brightly colored wall tiles, and formal gardens.

  • While it bursts with aggression against Milosevic--"Clobba Slobba" being its rallying cry--the Sun threatened Monday to withdraw its support for Blair if he changed his mind.

  • Weak commodity demand and a strong dollar are staving off inflation, but the Fed should pre-emptively raise interest rates before the bubble bursts.


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