How to Use outburst in a Sentence

outburst

noun
  • The outburst was not the only tense moment of the night.
    — Washington Post, 2 Mar. 2022
  • Then came the big scoring outburst from Philly in the bottom of the eighth.
    — Jamie Barton, CNN, 11 Sep. 2024
  • In the two games since his outburst, he’s made one and zero.
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Mar. 2025
  • This can lead to some awkward outbursts and odd stares in the U.S., but, in the Philippines, that’s just the way life is.
    — Acacia Gabriel, Travel + Leisure, 23 Dec. 2024
  • His emotional outburst failed to turn the set, or the match, around.
    — Sean Gregory, Time, 13 Sep. 2021
  • This was not the only time Brady has had an outburst on the sidelines this year.
    — Jason Hahn, Peoplemag, 20 Oct. 2022
  • After the first-inning outburst, the Dodgers quickly added to their lead to put the game out of reach.
    — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2022
  • Yelich hit the ball to all parts of the field in that amazing offensive outburst.
    — Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes, 13 May 2022
  • There were no outbursts or any efforts to disrupt the vote.
    — Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs, New York Times, 27 May 2023
  • The Warriors have no choice but to take his latest outburst and move on.
    — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2024
  • Still, astronomers will be keeping their eyes on the sky in case of an outburst.
    — Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Dec. 2024
  • In one instance, she was said to have had an outburst in the middle of a sermon.
    — Christopher Moyer, Rolling Stone, 26 Nov. 2021
  • That outburst started with the big plays from Nixon and Savage.
    — Steve Megargee, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Jan. 2023
  • Last year’s 32-point outburst could go down as a career high for him.
    — Murat Ates, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
  • Mya Diaz sparked the outburst with a leadoff home run to left for her first home run.
    — Dan Albano, Orange County Register, 7 May 2024
  • Did Sean’s outburst break your heart, even just a little?
    — Nick Caruso, TVLine, 23 Oct. 2024
  • The fallout from Smith’s Oscars outburst was harsh and swift.
    — Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2022
  • The Dodgers’ seven-run, 12-hit outburst in Game 4 backed up that approach.
    — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2021
  • Jalen Brunson had a 44-point outburst against the Bucks last weekend.
    — Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025
  • The Orioles’ outburst in the third inning was powered by those changes.
    — Taylor Lyons, Baltimore Sun, 28 July 2024
  • Siakam was coming off a 52-point career-high outburst against the New York Knicks.
    — Robert Fenbers, cleveland, 24 Dec. 2022
  • This outburst is what was first recorded over 2,700 years ago.
    — Taylor Nicioli, CNN, 21 Apr. 2023
  • The outburst allowed the Terps to relax and play the remainder of the game without too much pressure.
    — Taylor Lyons, Baltimore Sun, 21 Feb. 2023
  • Penny grabbed him from behind in a chokehold to halt the outburst.
    — Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 9 Dec. 2024
  • If there is a health issue at the root of this outburst, adding to her distress feels cruel.
    — Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 1 Nov. 2022
  • The view out the window is of swaths of wildfire smoke and flickering red outbursts.
    — Annie Proulx, The New Yorker, 30 June 2024
  • That average includes a 42-point outburst in his lone run-in with the Bucks at home.
    — Xl Media, cleveland, 1 May 2022
  • Massey hit a solo homer to open the seventh and Garcia capped the outburst with a two-run single.
    — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 7 May 2024
  • Three games over that stretch featured double-digit outbursts, as well as two nine-run showings.
    — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 8 Apr. 2025
  • Porsha even acknowledges that Kenya wisely disengaged during Brit’s outburst, and at this point, Kenya is basically running a victory lap.
    — Shelby Stewart, Essence, 7 Apr. 2025

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