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How to use outburst in a sentence

23 example sentences · noun, verb

Outburst means an intense period of activity. Example: “The man greeted us with an outburst of invective.”

Examples of outburst by meaning

nounAn intense period of activity.

  • The man greeted us with an outburst of invective.

nounA sudden, often violent expression of emotion.

  • an outburst of anger

More sentences with outburst

  • The microphone was on air, and the whole country heard the outburst.From the entry on air
  • His lack of self-restraint led to several ugly scenes of debauchery and violent outburst.From the entry self-restraint
  • My outburst met with the inevitable punishment.From the entry inevitable
  • The candidate had scuttled his chances with his unhinged outburst.From the entry scuttle
  • Under the circumstances, his outburst was not warranted.From the entry warranted
  • I was unsettled by the sudden outburst, and since I didn't know what to do I just stood there, confused.From the entry unsettled
  • His bad-tempered outburst caught his friends by surprise.From the entry bad-tempered
  • Asked where she's been, June replies in an angry outburst, "Why must I account to you?2009, Chris Fujiwara, The World and Its Double: The Life and Work of Otto Preminger, page 65. From the entry account to
  • Supporters of reform will surely countermobilize, leading to more outbursts and demonstrations.2009 August 16, James Fishkin, “Town Halls by Invitation”, in New York Times. From the entry countermobilize
  • Within a fortnight of their arrival 'a startling outburst' of venereal disease occurred among the troops.2008, Peter Rees, “The Prelude”, in The Other Anzacs: Nurses at War 1914–1918, Crows Nest, N.S.W.: Allen & Unwin, →ISBN; The Other Anzacs…. From the entry venereal
  • In mines subject to instantaneous outbursts of gas, no electrical apparatus has been permitted.1929 May, L[ee] C[lyde] Ilsley, Safeguarding Electrical Equipment Used in Gassy Mines: European Practice: II – Belgium (Information…. From the entry gassy
  • Evers' six volumes of popular-magazine pamphletry constitute a sustained outburst of hate.1911 October, The Lutheran Quarterly, volume 41, page 590. From the entry pamphletry
  • One highly imaginative account claims the throng told stories through the night in drunken outbursts of wild revelry.2014, John J. Duffy; H. Nicholas Muller, III, “Confused Accounts of Ethan Allen’s Death: Later Accounts Compound the Story”, in Inventing…. From the entry stonewall
  • Venters suffer interpersonally as others avoid their outburst, they become isolated and alone which may result in more venting.2006, David Laton, Developing Positive Workplace Skills and Attitudes, →ISBN, page 72. From the entry venter
  • The piece moves in alluring spans of swirling figures, jagged lines and pointillistic outbursts, often prodded forward by ostinatos in the perky piano.2009 January 26, Anthony Tommasini, “Pricking Up the Ears to Listen for Echoes of California”, in New York Times. From the entry ostinato
  • For instance, the most plausible stylistic progenitors of Yorick's rhapsodic upliftments of language are the astonishing outbursts of Theocles in 'The Moralists'.1982, Mark Loveridge, Laurence Sterne and the argument about design. From the entry upliftment
  • In these stellar pairings, if the two stars are close together, the white dwarf will siphon mass away from its companion and have an outburst called a nova.2024 August 21, Ashley Strickland, “An unusual object is moving so fast it could escape the Milky Way. Scientists aren’t certain what it…. From the entry accumulate
  • The stage animator of the Good Soldier Schweik, the teacher of Peter Weiss and Ralph Hochhuth, Piscator would have despised Utpal's glowing outbursts of patriotism, nationalism and folkism.2020, The Ideological Condition, page 644. From the entry folkism
  • At the time it was suggested that this was yet another example of a mergeburst – an object undergoing an outburst following a collision or merger event.2013 September 5, David S. Stevenson, Extreme Explosions: Supernovae, Hypernovae, Magnetars, and Other Unusual Cosmic Blasts, Springer…. From the entry mergeburst
  • Hanks shepherds the young girl to safety – first brusquely, and then with a sudden outburst of affection made all the more poignant for the way it is reserved previously.2021 February 9, Christina Newland, “Is Tom Hanks part of a dying breed of genuine movie stars?”, in BBC. From the entry poignant
  • June Helen Grinbar had seen fit to address her mess of a hairdo, and — last but not at all least — the absence of any inappropriate outbursts from Mrs.2010, Robert Hastings, Back When Mary Alice Was Still a Blonde, →ISBN, pages 203–204. From the entry loose-handed

Meaning of outburst

  1. noun An intense period of activity.
  2. noun A sudden, often violent expression of emotion.
  3. verb To burst out.

Full definition of outburst

Questions about outburst in a sentence

How do you use outburst in a sentence?
Outburst is used as a noun and verb. For example: “The man greeted us with an outburst of invective.”
What is a short sentence with outburst?
“an outburst of anger”
What does outburst mean?
Outburst means an intense period of activity.

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