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• There was a loud hiccup from the back of the room and the class erupted in laughter.From the entry hiccup
• There were several loud hiccups from the back of the room, and the class erupted in laughter.From the entry hiccups
• Being the last teeth to erupt in the oral cavity, many wisdom teeth are impacted.From the entry impacted
• Certain minerals may exsolve into the atmosphere from an erupting volcano.From the entry exsolve
• Climbing so close to an erupting volcano was tickling the dragon's tail.From the entry tickle the dragon's tail
• Lightning struck, and the marsh gases erupted into a marshfire.From the entry marshfire
• As soon as he entered the room, he erupted at Bondi, shouting at her.2026 June 10, Maggie Haberman, Jonathan Swan, “Inside Trump’s White House, the Epstein Files Caused a Freakout”, in The New York Times…. From the entry volcanic
• A hard, burning button erupted on my forehead, an itchy hive.2021, Alexander Lobrano, My Place at the Table: A Recipe for a Delicious Life in Paris, Rux Martin/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, →ISBN, page…. From the entry hive
• The pressure eventually overcomes the outer shell, erupting in a micronova.2021, Ben Davidson, The Next End of the World: The Rebirth of Catastrophism, Chapter 5.1, p.42. From the entry micronova
• Shiprock is the remnants of a volcano that erupted more than 30 million years ago.2018 July 17, Autumn Spanne, “Check out these crazy rock formations across the United States”, in CNN. From the entry Shiprock
• The minivan erupted in flames with Lang and her 6-month-old daughter, Khaleesi Lang, inside.2014 September 2, Cole Waterman, “Trial dates set for Midland mom accused of causing drunken crash with baby in vehicle”, in The Bay City…. From the entry Khaleesi
• I braced for the explosion of fuss-budgetry to erupt from Victor.2014, Sarah Graves, Nail Biter, →ISBN. From the entry fuss-budgetry
• Controversy erupted in March over a South Park episode that made light of Tom's religion, Scientology.2009, “Off-screen antics cost Cruise”, in Herald-Sun. From the entry Closetgate
• And right on cue the gaggle of girls they've now got erupt in a squealdom of noise.2008, Monte Dwyer, Red In The Centre: The Australian Bush Through Urban Eyes, Monyer Pty Ltd, page 189. From the entry squealdom
• Suddenly, from the crumpled body erupted a loud moan followed by childlike howls of “Grandmumma!2004, Anthony C. Winkler, The Annihilation of Fish and Other Stories, Macmillan Caribbean, →ISBN, page 132. From the entry grandmumma
• An organizational crisis erupted, which resulted in reverting to a ban on all shirtlessness.2002, Tom Warner, Never going back: a history of queer activism in Canada, page 312. From the entry shirtlessness
• A chill waved over my consciousness as my worst nightmare erupted into reality.1997, Elizabeth Barrett, Victoria Bovard, And His Love Shown Down, page 88. From the entry wave
• Holiday hoopla erupts when the Pumpkin King steals Christmas in Tim Burton's latest kookfest.1993, Mirabella, volume 5, numbers 1-6, page 746. From the entry kookfest
• Ringent pools of gas kept erupting in oily eyes on the surface.1979, Cormac McCarthy, Suttree, Random House, page 107. From the entry ringent
• Continuing Irishphobia, in fact, caused some concern when the Civil War erupted upon the nation.1971, John B. Duff, The Irish in the United States, page 20. From the entry Irishphobia
• But around noon, another fire erupted, according to the CSB.2024 November 24, Chris Boyette, “Investigators release update on BioLab chemical plant fire probe”, in CNN. From the entry noon
• The chef asked what I was doing, and when I told him, the entire kitchen erupted in laughter.2024, Erin Wade, The Mac & Cheese Millionaire: Building a Better Business by Thinking Outside the Box, John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated…. From the entry Amelia Bedelia
• A Saudia aircraft was damaged by gunfire in Khartoum amid the military clashes that erupted in Sudan’s capital earlier Saturday.2023 April 15, Abeer Khan, “Saudia aircraft damaged by gunfire in Sudan, cabin crew safe”, in Al Arabiya English. From the entry Saudia
• I suffer from “skeeter syndrome,” which means mosquito bites on my skin distend to tumoral degrees and erupt in tiny welts.2022 November 26, Virginia Feito, “Sweating Through a Honeymoon in Paradise”, in The New York Times. From the entry skeeter syndrome
• The whole auditorium erupted with cheers and fanchants.2019, Milagros Robelo, "Don't Stray away from these Kids", The Crimson Chronicle (Hollywood High, Hollywood, CA), May 2019, page 9. From the entry fanchant
• He erupted in uproarish laughter at her nonsense.2019, Debrah Gish, In the Potter's Hands. From the entry uproarish
• Flames raced up the rows, blistering and charring and igniting ancient wood that erupted in a white-hot flare of heat.2017, Brad Abraham, Magicians Impossible: A Novel, St. Martin's Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 352. From the entry white-hot
• One is still active, erupting on average every nine months.2017 September 12, John Gimlette, “Playing With Fire on an Active Volcano on Reunion”, in Luxury Travel Advisor, New York, N.Y.: Questex…. From the entry Réunionese
• The earlier the supernumerary can be removed, however, the more likely it is that the permanent teeth will erupt normally.2013, Clifford O. Dummett, Jr.; Sarat Thikkurissy, “Anomalies of the Developing Dentition”, in Paul S. Casamassimo, Dennis J. McTigue…. From the entry supernumerary
• Nevertheless, even camps near "perfection," as the Red Cross described them, could not prevent battles from erupting behind the wire.2011, Cheryl Benard, Cathryn Quantic Thurston, Andrés Villamizar, The Battle Behind the Wire: U.S. Prisoner and Detainee Operations from…. From the entry behind the wire
• And if by chance this magma were to be erupted, only the low-viscosity, crystal-free core melt would be eruptible.2009, Anthony B. Watts, Crust and Lithosphere Dynamics, page 288. From the entry eruptible
• Tension erupted as well, of course, between Dina and her parents, odd attacklike conflicts, suddenly, for no reason.2005, Y. Michal Bodemann, A Jewish family in Germany today: an intimate portrait. From the entry attacklike
• Sir Terence, who has been complimentary about the food throughout the meal, suddenly erupts: "Oh, not grapes on the cheeseboard!2004 December, Lynn Barber, “Come on my son”, in The Observer. From the entry cheeseboard
• Twin hellstorms of orange energy erupted from the Gagarin’s forward torpedo launchers, followed almost immediately by a second pair.2002, Dayton Ward, In the Name of Honor, Pocket Books, →ISBN, page 6. From the entry hellstorm

Meaning of erupt

1. verb To eject something violently (such as lava or water, as from a volcano or geyser).
2. verb To burst forth; to break out.
3. verb To spontaneously release pressure or tension.

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Questions about erupt in a sentence

How do you use erupt in a sentence?

Erupt is used as a verb. For example: “The volcano erupted, spewing lava across a wide area.”

What is a short sentence with erupt?

“The crowd erupted in anger.”

What does erupt mean?

Erupt means to eject something violently (such as lava or water, as from a volcano or geyser).