How to Use combustible in a Sentence

combustible

adjective

• The fuel is highly combustible.
• 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
• 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
• With combustible items like this there really isn’t a limit on how many. ....
  — Eric Zorn, chicagotribune.com, 11 June 2021
• But no lenders would give his prospective buyers a mortgage, for fear the building has combustible cladding.
  — Megan Specia, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Feb. 2021
• Formed in 1991, this combustible Los Angeles quartet was one of the first bands anywhere to fuse rap and heavy metal.
  — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Apr. 2021
• 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
• Mars in Pisces adds a combustible vibe to your home and family dynamic.
  — USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2024
• These moves add up to a combustible moment: Sports is on the cusp of going all in on streaming, but the business models are still being built.
  — Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Dec. 2023
• Driven by strong winds, the fire quickly spread through highly combustible shrubs, bushes and grass.
  — Jennifer Calfas, WSJ, 15 Oct. 2021
• Tennis has seen its share of combustible talents, and has valorized a few, but Djokovic has never sought to be a villain.
  — Jason Gay, WSJ, 6 Jan. 2022
• Falling gas prices have slowed the urgency among consumers to make a switch from combustible engines.
  — Byryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 29 Feb. 2024
• How much has the tour given you a middle path to keep working together without having to go through the combustible circumstances of creating new music?
  — Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 27 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 13 Nov 2024