How to Use combustible in a Sentence

combustible

adjective

• The fuel is highly combustible.
• Many pack in a combustible mix of the sick, elderly patients alongside those with mental illness.
  — Joaquin Sapien, ProPublica, 2 Apr. 2020
• White, also famously combustible, lit a fire in Ramsay.
  — Alex French, Robb Report, 5 Oct. 2024
• Meanwhile, 45% were former combustible tobacco users and 26% were current users.
  — Jamie Ducharme, Time, 16 Dec. 2019
• The women, raucous and combustible, have their own agendas, and their own alliances based on a variable calculus of race, blood, and personal affinity.
  — Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2019
• Vaping companies say that their product is safer than smoking combustible cigarettes, which cause cancer and other diseases.
  — Nathan Bomey, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2020
• Almost none of the people who used e-cigarettes at Waves 2 and 3 of the study had stopped smoking combustible tobacco, however.
  — Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 20 Dec. 2019
• Its sound was fueled by singalong rock choruses and the combustible chemistry between guitarist-songwriter Noel and singer-sibling Liam.
  — CBS News, 30 Sep. 2024
• Against that backdrop, cities across the country are now combustible cauldrons of fear, anger, fire and tear gas as Trump has responded to the violence with threats and little evidence of understanding its cause.
  — NBC News, 1 June 2020
• Swedish Match still makes 30% of its sales from combustible cigars.
  — Carol Ryan, WSJ, 7 Oct. 2020
• The movie felt cold yet combustible, and there was that lunatic car chase.
  — James Gray, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Aug. 2023
• Keep the puck away from the sun or any combustible material.
  — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 26 June 2022
• The tree’s sap is extremely combustible and could throw sparks.
  — Christine Dempsey, courant.com, 10 Dec. 2020
• The band’s passion is combustible; Kapetan said everyone was in tears by the end of the recording.
  — Alex Suskind, Vulture, 6 June 2024
• Choose other mulches, or keep any combustible mulches at least five feet from your home.
  — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 24 Aug. 2023
• Tension builds as War Pony makes its way to a combustible finish.
  — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 May 2022
• Even for a diehard Pavement fan like me, the combustible beauty of these tunes was mind-blowing.
  — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 11 Feb. 2022
• The combustible components in safety matches are split between the match head and the striking strip on the side of the box (or book).
  — Keith McCafferty, Field & Stream, 3 June 2020
• Troops moved in the valleys and acrid smoke bellowed where shells had hit combustible targets.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Oct. 2021
• The atmosphere around youth and high school sports is already combustible.
  — Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 14 June 2022
• Ghost promises of the two combustible forces igniting venues.
  — Shaheem Reid, Billboard, 21 July 2022
• Keep in Mind This isn't a good choice for wood patios or other combustible surfaces.
  — Laura (fisher) Matta, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 July 2023
• In short, the Lebanon-Israel border is at present a combustible front at risk of explosion.
  — Asher Kaufman, The Conversation, 24 June 2024
• The combustible blend of fire and air makes for a dynamic partnership.
  — Liz Simmons, StyleCaster, 12 Aug. 2024
• Though given how combustible those two were on that film, a reunion probably wasn’t in the cards.
  — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 26 June 2024
• Things are bad enough — combustible enough — and that’s before Gary and Jack ring up Ray and Michael and tell them that two of their rams have appeared on their side of the hill, dead.
  — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 8 Sep. 2024
• Aries, the first sign of the zodiac, is known for its fiery, combustible, and passionate nature.
  — Lisa Stardust, refinery29.com, 27 Mar. 2024
• What the effect of this attack might be on the combustible politics of the region in question matters not a jot.
  — The New Yorker, 20 May 2022
• Los Angeles wants the unhoused out of its combustible canyons.
  — Piper French, The New Republic, 22 Sep. 2021
• The reasons for failure ranged from the presence of combustible materials to faulty wiring and more.
  — Christopher Weber, Quartz, 7 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 19 Dec 2024