Example sentences for: erupted

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

  • Lake Chuzenji, at 1,270 m (4,166 ft) above sea level, was made eons ago when a now-dormant volcano erupted and blocked the river courses, creating two cataracts.

  • Patiently awaiting his moment, Valenti erupted in a burst of his usual flowery oratory.

  • Notice the oil and wine jars in the shops, the bakers’ ovens and flour-grinding mills shaped like giant cotton-reels (excavators found a donkey lying by one he’d been turning when Vesuvius erupted).

  • As the Indonesian economy faltered, ethnic conflicts erupted in many parts of the country; even Lombok experienced a brief flare-up of violence against Christians and ethnic Chinese.

  • After tossing off the shackles of Franco’s long dictatorship that isolated Spain from the rest of Europe, Madrid erupted from the closet, embracing a frenetic arts and nightlife scene called la movida in the early 1980s.


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