Example sentences for: combustible

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

  • Even though he is the personification of the company, an inside WP story observes that defense lawyers might have viewed him as so "prickly and combustible" as to undermine his own case.

  • So, golfers, the next time you are in Ireland or Scotland, ponder why the Gaels used such combustible terms for heather and eschewed the features like bells and crosses that impressed themselves on Anglo-Saxons.

  • Both the NYT and LAT front a Waco revelation made yesterday by a California congressman: Information showing that the FBI used combustible tear gas canisters at Waco has been in the DOJ's possession "for years" and was even sent to Congress no later than 1995.

  • The two main fuel-reduction methods are mechanical removal of combustible materials and controlled or “prescribed” burning (Figure 2).

  • The top-front NYT story is basically a recap of the law-enforcement controversy plaguing Janet Reno, who pledged yesterday to find the truth behind the now-public FBI tapes that show agents firing combustible tear gas rounds at a building on the Waco compound.


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