How to Use skyrocket in a Sentence

skyrocket

verb

• His popularity skyrocketed after his latest movie.
• The volume of trading in the stock has not skyrocketed.
  — Laurent Belsie, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Apr. 2024
• The chance of rain then skyrockets to 80% on Saturday, when up to a quarter of an inch of rain could fall in Boise.
  — Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 22 Mar. 2024
• The price of food is skyrocketing and the sounds of gunfire, even in Cap-Haïtien, are startling.
  — Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 22 Mar. 2024
• However, the more likely result—at least in the short term—is that the cost for parents will skyrocket.
  — Elliot Haspel, The New Republic, 8 Sep. 2023
• And tickets for Sundays game against the Jets have seen their resale prices skyrocket.
  — Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Sep. 2023
• In June 2022, gas prices in Sacramento and across the United States skyrocketed to an all-time high.
  — Brianna Taylor, Sacramento Bee, 2 Apr. 2024
• Keep reading to learn about 20 of the best white label suppliers that will help to skyrocket your brand to success.
  — Luke Knapp, Discover Magazine, 3 Apr. 2024
• Her career skyrocketed from there, landing her the part of Chloe.
  — Rebecca Aizin, Peoplemag, 16 June 2023
• Hunger in the United States is on the rise as pandemic aid programs have wound down and food costs have skyrocketed.
  — Annie Gowen, Washington Post, 10 Jan. 2024
• However, the share price has skyrocketed in the last year, as this merger moves closer to fruition.
  — Maxwell Zeff / Gizmodo, Quartz, 22 Mar. 2024
• In 2023, the price of concert tickets has skyrocketed to the equivalent of a month's rent to as much as a mortgage payment.
  — Ilana Kaplan, Peoplemag, 29 July 2023
• Since 2020 the cost of dining out has skyrocketed across the US, and even as other forms of inflation have eased, menu prices keep climbing.
  — Meghan McCarron, Bon Appétit, 1 Feb. 2024
• The prices of food, water and fuel have skyrocketed, and many people are unable to access cash.
  — Cora Engelbrecht, New York Times, 7 June 2023
• The album skyrocketed to the top of the charts and came at a time when the music industry was still largely segregated.
  — Abc News, ABC News, 18 Aug. 2023
• Golden State’s skyrocketing payroll means that both Green and Thompson would likely have to take pay cuts to stick around long-term.
  — Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 May 2023
• Rents have also skyrocketed, with June marking a record-high increase of 5.1% year over year.
  — Prarthana Prakash, Fortune, 26 July 2023
• That means the jackpot has skyrocketed over $1 billion.
  — Morgan Haefner, Quartz, 3 Apr. 2024
• Prices of goods and fuel have skyrocketed, and hospitals have closed.
  — Suzanne Nuyen, NPR, 8 Mar. 2024
• Search interest skyrocketed in the first year of the pandemic.
  — Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC News, 17 Aug. 2023
• During what will be the last term of his 13-year premiership, the Netherlands shut down extraction from Europe’s largest gas field, even while prices skyrocketed in the wake of the war in Ukraine.
  — April Roach, Fortune Europe, 21 Nov. 2023
• Its countryside address may be off the radar, but since its opening, Casa Maria Luigia has skyrocketed out of the culinary ballpark.
  — Erica Firpo, Travel + Leisure, 11 Feb. 2024
• Here’s a look at how OpenAI skyrocketed to being the buzziest tech company of the moment.
  — Michelle Cheng, Quartz, 12 May 2023
• Doctors say that in the past decade, the number of lung cancer cases among nonsmokers has skyrocketed.
  — Sameer Yasir, New York Times, 12 Nov. 2023
• Housing costs have skyrocketed well beyond the reach of many Big Sky workers, and locals worry that the area will lose its character as more wealth floods in.
  — Gloria Liu, Travel + Leisure, 29 Nov. 2023
• Overdoses from opioids, most notably fentanyl, have skyrocketed in the state since the start of the pandemic.
  — Popular Science, 14 Sep. 2023
• In the quest to get snatched, at-home skin care devices have skyrocketed in popularity.
  — Ariana Yaptangco, Glamour, 7 July 2023
• One of the factors here that nobody is really in control of, either the filmmakers or the studios, is the skyrocketing cost of marketing over the last 20-plus years.
  — Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2023
• Shares of Blue Apron skyrocketed premarket after the meal-kit maker agreed a sale to the Wonder Group, a food-delivery startup.
  — By wsj Staff, WSJ, 29 Sep. 2023
• The true picture may be told by the number of people seeking homeless services, which has skyrocketed in recent years.
  — Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Sep. 2023

Last Updated: 14 Oct 2024