How to Use combustible in a Sentence

combustible

adjective

• The fuel is highly combustible.
• The combustible blend of fire and air makes for a dynamic partnership.
  — Liz Simmons, StyleCaster, 12 Aug. 2024
• Burn waste only in a 50-gallon drum or fire pit, and don’t burn anything that is highly combustible.
  — Kellie Hwang, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 June 2021
• In short, the Lebanon-Israel border is at present a combustible front at risk of explosion.
  — Asher Kaufman, The Conversation, 24 June 2024
• Dumpsters aren’t supposed to be stored in buildings or placed within 5 feet of combustible walls, openings or roof eave lines, according to city fire code.
  — oregonlive, 7 July 2021
• The landscape will only get hotter and drier, and wildlands will continue to accumulate combustible trees and brush.
  — Kurtis Alexander, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 Aug. 2021
• The American spirit is combustible — unstoppable — in a glorious way.
  — T.m. Shine, Washington Post, 29 June 2021
• The 1968 convention was the ignition, if not a symbolic capstone, to a combustible decade of racial and antiwar strife.
  — Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2024
• The modern House has featured some combustible political characters.
  — Stephen Collinson, CNN, 29 July 2021
• Alas, when the two different factions meet, the combustible results suggest that was never going to be an easy needle to thread, either back in 2020 or now.
  — Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Aug. 2024
• The flight attendant had noticed our stalemate and offered to roust the man from my seat, but the situation felt too combustible to me, and 25C like too stupid a hill on which to die.
  — Amanda Mull, The Atlantic, 3 Aug. 2021
• Fueled by abundant supplies of oxygen and combustible material, the fire quickly spread throughout the ship as firefighters struggled to access the blaze due to extreme heat.
  — Andrew Dyer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Aug. 2021
• Low-cost renovations such as covering any openings on your roof or installing non-combustible gutter covers can ensure that falling embers don’t have anything to ignite.
  — Madalyn Amato, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2021
• The saga highlights a precarious, perplexing approach to public safety in one of Portland’s most popular and combustible precincts.
  — oregonlive, 4 Aug. 2021
• The combustible trio’s gusty contribution to the genre has choppy-water rhythms and enough nautical terminology for a sailing manual.
  — David Browne, Rolling Stone, 22 June 2021
• Drought across the West has contributed to the already busy fire season, with tinder-dry, easily combustible vegetation and branches fueling fast-moving flames.
  — Jennifer Calfas, WSJ, 21 July 2021
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Though given how combustible those two were on that film, a reunion probably wasn’t in the cards.
  — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 26 June 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: 26 Sep 2024