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How to use eruption in a sentence

35 example sentences · noun

Eruption means a violent ejection, such as the spurting out of lava from a volcano. Example: “There was an eruption of joy at the final whistle.”

Examples of eruption by meaning

nounA violent ejection, such as the spurting out of lava from a volcano.

  • a volcanic eruption

nounA sudden release of pressure or tension.

  • There was an eruption of joy at the final whistle.

More sentences with eruption

  • This tectonic plate had been subducting for millions of years by the time the eruption happened.From the entry subduct
  • I was amused to hear his sister describe some of those eruptions in her slow, Quakerly fashion.From the entry Quakerly
  • Tremendous magmic pressure built up beneath the earth, causing a volcanic eruption.From the entry magmic
  • A volcanic eruption is an impressive phenomenon.From the entry phenomenon
  • Evan sat back in the hot tub and listened to the relaxing fizz and pops produced by the eruption of bubbles.From the entry fizz
  • The upper tectonic plate had been subducting the lower one for millions of years by the time the eruption happened.From the entry subduct
  • Ruth knew that the whiteheads of her teenage acne were a temporary state of affairs, but that did nothing to quell her distress when an eruption hit just before prom.From the entry whitehead
  • But things shifted the last week with the pro-Caucasian and anti-gay “bozo eruptions” from Wildrose candidates.2012 April 23, Graham Thomson, “Progressive appeal of Conservatives wins 2012 election”, in Edmonton Journal, Canada, retrieved 27 May 2014. From the entry bozo eruption
  • Earthquakes and increased geothermal phenomena don't necessarily point to a pending supervolcanic eruption.2008, Marie D Jones, 2013: The End of Days Or a New Beginning. From the entry supervolcanic
  • Such temperatures are impossible today barring a massive meteor strike or gigantic underwater volcano eruption.2005 September 16, Stephen Leahy, “The Dawn of the Hypercane?”, in ipsnews.net/news, archived from the original on 17 May 2008. From the entry hypercane
  • Acneiform eruptions of infants and small children (acne neonatorum and infantum) are rare.1979, Korting, G. W. (Günter Waldemar), Diseases of the skin in children and adolescents : a color atlas, page 200. From the entry acne neonatorum
  • No adolescent can achieve disbelief in the stork without an eruption of young oaths and cynicisms.1927, Gilbert W. Gabriel, “Male, Female and American Drama”, in Vanity Fair, volume 27, number 4, page 73. From the entry disbelief
  • In the fulness of time there was an eruption of the merry-makers to the sidewalk.1906 April, O. Henry [pseudonym; William Sydney Porter], “From the Cabby’s Seat”, in The Four Million, New York, N.Y.: McClure, Phillips &…. From the entry permeate
  • The Iran war – barely mentioned during this visit for fear of eruptions – is an acid test.2026 May 2, Simon Tisdall, “The king went to Washington to save Britain’s bacon. He may also have shown the US how to save itself”, in The…. From the entry acid test
  • NDP MP Pat Martin, known for the odd bozo eruption, is seeking the public's help for a legal defence fund.2012 September 11, Matt Gurney, “The NDP's hothead needs your money”, in National Post, Canada, retrieved 27 May 2014. From the entry bozo eruption
  • Maybe the volcanic eruption will serve as a wake-up call to such companies that they need to modernise their risk management.2010 April 20, “Not up in the air”, in The Economist. From the entry serve
  • Lokian eruptions are those confined inside calderas and they are by far the most common eruption type on lo.2004, Rosaly M.C. Lopes, Tracy K. P. Gregg, Volcanic Worlds: Exploring The Solar System's Volcanoes, Springer Science & Business Media…. From the entry Lokian
  • Itchy, hive-like bumps turn into solid knotlike eruptions, which can last from a few days to several months.2003 January 20, Editors of Parents Magazine, The Parents Answer Book: From Birth Through Age Three, Macmillan, →ISBN, page 567. From the entry hive
  • Friedman explained : "All available evidence indicates that solar minimum is as bad as solar maximum for superflare eruption."1963, United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration Scientific and Technical Information Office, United States National…. From the entry superflare
  • An underwater volcano off the coast of Oregon is gearing up for an eruption, according to volcanologists who are monitoring for activity.2025 August 19, Julia Jacobo, “Mile-deep underwater volcano off West Coast could erupt soon, scientists say”, in ABC News. From the entry volcanologist
  • Pele remained a powerful goddess in the eyes of native Hawaiians because of her ongoing unpredictable eruptions that both created and destroyed.2021, David Seal, Sharon K. Smith, World Mythology, Wipf and Stock, page 190. From the entry Pele
  • Geological evidence suggests that the eruption had two main phases; beginning with a sustained Plinian phase followed by a secondary co-ignimbrite phase.2016 February, Alejandro Marti, Arnau Folch, Antonio Costa, Samantha Engwell, “Reconstructing the plinian and co-ignimbrite sources of…. From the entry co-ignimbrite
  • The volcanic components of fluvio-lacustrine sedimentary series in Southern Apennines are mainly associated with the plinian and ultraplinian eruptions of Roccamonfina and Vulture volcanoes.2015 October 13, “A Human Deciduous Tooth and New 40Ar/39Ar Dating Results from the Middle Pleistocene Archaeological Site of Isernia La…. From the entry ultraplinian
  • Sid's stomach was practicing gagging motions for an eruption of absolutely Olympic proportions with his cheeks puffing quickly in and out to the beat.2013 August 19, Graham Smith, Macbeth, Author House, →ISBN, page 91. From the entry Olympic
  • “Phreatic” (or steam-blast) eruptions are driven by explosive expanding steam resulting from cold ground or surface water coming into contact with hot rock or magma.2010, Jose Collazo, God Does Exist, No More Nuclear Testing and More, Xlibris, page 58. From the entry phreatic
  • In Class II cases the maxillary incisors retrocline and the eruption of teeth in the maxillary buccal segments is directed distally during treatment.2010, Jayne Harrison, Kathleen O'Donovan, “Orthodontic Dental Nursing”, in Robert S. Ireland, editor, Advanced Dental Nursing, 2nd…. From the entry procline
  • Acquired ichthyosis resembling ichthyosis vulgaris or sometimes as a less specific ichthyosiform eruption is known to be a paraneoplastic sign of lymphoma.2001, Günter Burg, Philip E Leboit, Werner Kempf, Cutaneous lymphomas: unusual cases. From the entry ichthyosiform
  • The lakes of both Rotorua and Taupo occupy calderas left from enormous prehistoric eruptions, and magma lies at shallow depths beneath a number of centres.2000, Tony Waltham, “Geyser watching”, in Geology Today, volume 16, Iss. 3, p. 99. From the entry caldera
  • Though the overall, long-term effects of green bans are far from clear, they have caused a dramatic eruption of environmental concern into Australian thinking.1973, Conservation Foundation, Conservation Foundation Letter, page 8. From the entry green ban
  • The 12 submarine eruptions from Kick 'em Jenny are believed to have been dominantly explosive, although in at least one case a lava dome was extruded.2009, Rosemary G. Gillespie, Encyclopedia of Islands, page 34. From the entry Kick 'em Jenny
  • At least on the north side this provided ample roofed household activity area and was used for eating maize on the cob just before the eruption struck.1992, Payson Sheets, “Structure 7, The Bodega”, in The Ceren Site: A Prehistoric Village Buried by Volcanic Ash in Central America, Fort…. From the entry maize on the cob
  • Continental scientific drilling is an important endeavor, in that it provides information related to the causes of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, and the occurrence of energy and mineral resources.1988, United States Congress, Congressional Record, Congress, page 11915. From the entry ultradeep
  • Friedman explained : "All available evidence indicates that solar minimum is as bad as solar maximum for superflare eruption." To date, superflares occur at random and cannot be predicted.1964, United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Scientific and Technical Information Office, Scientific and Technical…. From the entry superflare

Meaning of eruption

  1. noun A violent ejection, such as the spurting out of lava from a volcano.
  2. noun A sudden release of pressure or tension.
  3. noun An utterance, especially a sudden one; an ejaculation.

Full definition of eruption

Questions about eruption in a sentence

How do you use eruption in a sentence?
Eruption is used as a noun. For example: “There was an eruption of joy at the final whistle.”
What is a short sentence with eruption?
“a volcanic eruption”
What does eruption mean?
Eruption means a violent ejection, such as the spurting out of lava from a volcano.

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