burst out
phrasal verb
burst out also bursted out; bursting out; bursts out
1
: to begin (doing something) suddenly
They both burst out laughing.
2
: to say (something) suddenly
Everyone burst out "Surprise!" as he walked through the door.
Examples of burst out in a Sentence
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When the lights went down, Roy Wood, Jr., the evening’s m.c., introduced Lakshmi, who burst out from behind a side curtain.
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Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 23 Apr. 2024
As generations of viruses burst out of old cells and infect new ones, cheaters ought to get more and more common.
—Quanta Magazine, 11 Apr. 2024
Lauren Gilhooly Coronado | Girls track and field Running in the seeded section of the girls 100 at the Arcadia Invitational, the junior burst out of the blocks to win with a legal wind.
—Steve Brand, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Apr. 2024
Some people fell to the ground and burst out crying, multiple survivors said.
—Gal Koplewitz Natan Odenheimer, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2024
People had never seen a creature bursting out of someone’s chest, at least not in that way.
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Mar. 2024
Lava fountains burst out of the ground, and a nearly two-mile-long fissure opened up on the Reykjanes Peninsula around 8:30 p.m., the Icelandic Meteorological Office said.
—Yan Zhuang, New York Times, 17 Mar. 2024
As the comet approaches the sun, the ice begins to turn to gas that can burst out of the comet in a cloud of dust that creates a huge, fuzzy cloud around the nucleus called the coma.
—Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 19 Mar. 2024
Instead of the camp/iconic gown made famous by Björk, Moore opted for a strapless Balmain number covered in black and white beads that formed the image of a large bird with feathers (also beaded) bursting out from the side.
—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 24 Jan. 2024
Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 23 Apr. 2024
As generations of viruses burst out of old cells and infect new ones, cheaters ought to get more and more common.
—Quanta Magazine, 11 Apr. 2024
Lauren Gilhooly Coronado | Girls track and field Running in the seeded section of the girls 100 at the Arcadia Invitational, the junior burst out of the blocks to win with a legal wind.
—Steve Brand, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Apr. 2024
Some people fell to the ground and burst out crying, multiple survivors said.
—Gal Koplewitz Natan Odenheimer, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2024
People had never seen a creature bursting out of someone’s chest, at least not in that way.
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Mar. 2024
Lava fountains burst out of the ground, and a nearly two-mile-long fissure opened up on the Reykjanes Peninsula around 8:30 p.m., the Icelandic Meteorological Office said.
—Yan Zhuang, New York Times, 17 Mar. 2024
As the comet approaches the sun, the ice begins to turn to gas that can burst out of the comet in a cloud of dust that creates a huge, fuzzy cloud around the nucleus called the coma.
—Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 19 Mar. 2024
Instead of the camp/iconic gown made famous by Björk, Moore opted for a strapless Balmain number covered in black and white beads that formed the image of a large bird with feathers (also beaded) bursting out from the side.
—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 24 Jan. 2024
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