How to Use burst into in a Sentence

burst into

phrasal verb

• Over the wail of the train’s brakes, a guitarist burst into song, his voice clear and mellow.
  — Monisha Rajesh, Travel + Leisure, 20 Oct. 2024
• Barns have been known to burst into flame, almost without warning.
  — Mark Fischetti, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024
• The crowd, along with the celebrities, burst into laughter at the host's playful dig.
  — Skyler Caruso, People.com, 22 Oct. 2024
• The fire marshal's warning comes after prior incidents of floodwaters caused electric vehicles to burst into flames.
  — Kate Gibson, CBS News, 9 Oct. 2024
• Brost is first heard telling her wife in the clip as a cooking pan bursts into flames.
  — Greg Norman, Fox News, 27 May 2024
• And at times, steaming hot liquid bursts into the air like a geyser.
  — Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2024
• The Halsey split in half and burst into flames after being hit.
  — Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 13 May 2024
• On her last tumbling pass, Chiles burst into tears as soon as her feet hit the mat.
  — Kaetlyn Liddy, NBC News, 9 Aug. 2024
• The car, a silver sedan, burst into flames after striking the pole.
  — Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2024
• The show has been on hiatus since April, when the fire-breathing dragon burst into flames.
  — Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 27 July 2023
• The visitor walked in and saw a model of Chuck E. standing in front of him, then burst into tears.
  — Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 16 June 2024
• As the deputy approached the vehicle, the truck suddenly burst into flames and the deputy heard the driver scream.
  — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2024
• After hitting the metal pole, the GMC burst into flames.
  — Andrea Klick, Kansas City Star, 31 Mar. 2024
• Bertinelli bursts into laughter at the filter adding 9 years to her age.
  — Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 27 Nov. 2023
• The country's rape kit backlog first burst into public view more than a decade ago.
  — Nick Penzenstadler, Journal Sentinel, 20 Sep. 2024
• Men wearing masks burst into homes and shot people in front of their children.
  — Joshua Hammer, The Atlantic, 29 Nov. 2023
• This caused the helicopter to burst into flames upon impact, and left their son Jonathan with burns on 90% of his body.
  — Anna Gordon, TIME, 10 Jan. 2024
• Upon the mother and daughter’s reunion, a crowd — which had formed on the beach — burst into applause.
  — Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 16 May 2024
• An agent was said to have burst into class to move Barron to safety until the threat receded.
  — Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 30 July 2024
• The tree entered the Range Rover, the engine and transmission were severed, and the vehicle burst into flames, Granger said.
  — John Hilliard, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Aug. 2023
• In the nineteen-seventies and eighties, this debate burst into the courts.
  — Sunita Puri, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2023
• The car burst into flames, and officers heard what sounded like two gunshots, Burne said.
  — Emily Palmer, Peoplemag, 21 Sep. 2023
• Last month, a long shadow war between Iran and Israel burst into the open with an exchange of direct strikes.
  — Leily Nikounazar, New York Times, 20 May 2024
• Seconds later, the cheetahs burst into a small group of zebras.
  — Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 26 Mar. 2024
• The pastoral vista shook with tremors from shelling, and every few moments, bits of the landscape burst into three-story clouds of dust and debris.
  — Matt Bradley, NBC News, 2 Nov. 2023
• When the pedestrian signal flashes a red hand, the squad bursts into laughter and scurries to the sidewalk.
  — Michelle Vartan, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2023
• The vehicle, meanwhile, had burst into flames and both the car and building were destroyed by the fire, according to the OCSO.
  — Warren Kulo | [e-mail], al, 29 Aug. 2023
• The crack of gunfire goes off and Ramy falls to the ground, a second before the firework bursts into a red shower of flame above the boys — roughly 50 yards from the watchtower.
  — Sufian Taha, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2024
• On seeing her daughter, Mullins turned away, burying her face in her hands and bursting into tears.
  — Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 4 Feb. 2024
• The TikTok video sees the pair sitting down at the table when Morris bursts into tears, apparently not for the first time.
  — Shania Russell, EW.com, 17 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 20 Nov 2024