How to Use burst into in a Sentence

burst into

phrasal verb
  • After taking a good look at her in her wedding dress, Eminem bursts into tears.
    Daniela Avila, People.com, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Politics Child care burst into the national spotlight at the Vance-Walz debate.
    Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2024
  • The backgrounds are flat black and the colors are somber, except for violent reds and oranges that reappear in several works and sometimes burst into red-orange flames.
    Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 5 Oct. 2024
  • The next day, Mohammad’s son’s silver Ram pickup truck burst into flames in Mohammad’s wife's driveway.
    Emily Palmer, Peoplemag, 25 Sep. 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 | Wkulo@al.com, 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

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