How to Use outburst in a Sentence

outburst

noun
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  • 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
  • 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
  • In last week’s, the mom of four broke down in front of her sister Khloé Kardashian over Kanye's outbursts.
    — Esther Kang, Peoplemag, 13 July 2023
  • That final outburst dropped a half-inch of rain at SFO in about a two-hour span early Wednesday.
    — Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2024
  • Melendez followed with a 421-foot homer to right center to cap the outburst.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 5 Apr. 2024
  • LeBron’s outburst about his oldest son being ready to join the team now came amid a 10-game stretch in which the Lakers lost eight games.
    — Sean Neumann, Peoplemag, 8 Jan. 2024
  • She is left with a long scar snaking up her ankle, and the persistent remnants of the rage that triggered her outburst.
    — Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2023
  • The result was an outburst of voter fury at the ballot box in 1978, enacting the worst option of all.
    — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2024
  • Neighbors are starting to learn not to worry about such outbursts.
    — Palak Jayswal, The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 July 2023
  • In this episode, a young man named Tadayoshi, in the service of Lord Toranaga, has an outburst during a meeting of the five regents of Japan.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
  • Just over 30 seconds later, Mitchell’s punt return capped off the Rams’ outburst.
    — oregonlive, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Last year, the number had fallen to 36%, and that was before the wave of antisemitic campus outbursts.
    — Bret Stephens, The Mercury News, 4 Jan. 2024
  • That outburst was fueled by two outfield errors, but the Foxes were not done yet.
    — Rick Armstrong, Chicago Tribune, 9 June 2023
  • The win sparked a social media outburst from Chris Brown, who lambasted the winner.
    — Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 5 Apr. 2023
  • The tennis Hall-of-Famer, who became well-known for his outbursts on the court, is also somewhat of a real estate mogul.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 21 Dec. 2023
  • Siegrist also set the school scoring record and had a 50-point outburst against Seton Hall in February.
    — Jaylon Thompson, USA TODAY, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Rodríguez hit his two-run double into the left-field corner, and Hernández capped the outburst with a single to right.
    — Henry Schulman, oregonlive, 3 July 2023
  • Much of the offensive outburst came by way of that defense, which forced Barlow into 20 turnovers.
    — Shane Hoffmann, oregonlive, 10 Mar. 2023
  • Oreshkin’s missive wasn’t quick enough to preempt at least one outburst apropos of the weak ruble.
    — Joel Gehrke, Washington Examiner, 15 Aug. 2023
  • His severe mental illness left him prone to outbursts of rage.
    — Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 11 Feb. 2024
  • Would there be a guilt-trip call from mom or a temperamental outburst from dad?
    — Haben Kelati, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2023
  • The erosion of his short-term memory, Mr. Jalone said, led to outbursts of frustrated anger.
    — Robert Draper, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2023
  • An analysis of the images shows more than 60% of the water held in the lake drained out after the extreme rainstorm triggered a glacial lake outburst.
    — Reuters, CNN, 9 Oct. 2023
  • Putin had long appeared to tolerate the mercenary’s outbursts, relying on his troops to fight in key parts of the front.
    — Bloomberg, Fortune, 24 June 2023
  • As for Lumumba, the man Reid presents is sometimes inspiring but also in over his head and prone to outbursts.
    — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2023
  • The Dodgers wisely refused, but teammate Pee Wee Reese told him the rest of the players were tired of his outbursts and his constant complaining.
    — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Others took to Twitter, baffled by the actress’ outburst.
    — Stephen Daw, Billboard, 7 Sep. 2023
  • As the eldest son, Will was often privy to his father’s violent outbursts.
    — Emily Weaver, Peoplemag, 19 Oct. 2023

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