Example sentences for: erupted

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

  • Fur coats came into vogue, the dance craze erupted, and the diaphragm was invented, all well before World War I.

  • In 1677 the local volcano, San Antonio, erupted covering once fertile land with ash, leaving a layer of lapilli approximately 2 m (6.5 ft) deep.

  • When Governor Antonio de Ulloa finally sailed up the Mississippi in 1766, four years after the treaty was signed, a crashing storm erupted, as if an omen for the climate ahead.

  • A furor has erupted over foreign diplomats' immunity from prosecution for crimes committed in the United States.

  • Dutchman Arie Luyendyk won the Indianapolis 500 . Controversy erupted over the final lap, in which officials sent mixed signals as to whether drivers were supposed to slow down because of a near-accident.


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