Definition: 1. The act of exploding or bursting something. 2. Rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms. 3. A sudden flurry of activity (often for no obvious reason). 4. A sudden violent happening. 5. Break open or apart suddenly. 6. Force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up.
Use 'burst' in a sentence:
1. 'For heavens' sake!' he burst out.
2. When the bubble finally burst, hundreds of people lost their jobs.
3. That balloon will burst if you blow it up any more.
4. That balloon's going to burst.
5. She burst into tears and ran from the kitchen.
6. The dam burst under the weight of water.
7. She rushed downstairs and burst into the kitchen.
8. Gunmen burst into his home and opened fire.
9. The blast burst Ollie Williams' eardrum.
10. She was bursting with impatience to tell me the news.
11. She burst into peals of laughter.
12. He burst into the room without knocking.
13. Then war burst out.
14. The only way to purge the economy of this new burst of inflation is a short, sharp recession.
15. Shells were bursting all around us.
16. Overinflated tyres burst more easily.
17. A dam burst and flooded their villages.
18. He put on a burst of speed.
19. The whole room burst into applause.
20. The plane burst into flame.
21. He pricked the balloon and burst it.
22. She is bursting with vitality and new ideas.
23. Her head felt as if it would burst.
24. He spoke in Arabic, a short staccato burst.
25. The door burst open.
26. If the pipe bursts it could flood the whole house.
27. The bag burst open and everything fell out.
28. The class burst out laughing.
29. She read the letter and promptly burst into tears.
30. Then the applause burst out.
31. The hall was full to bursting.
32. She burst out laughing ─ she couldn't help herself.
33. The balloon hit a tree and burst.
34. She was bursting to tell him the good news.
35. He burst in on the meeting.
36. The hall was filled to bursting point.
37. The pipe burst and jets of water shot across the room.
38. He burst to the surface, straining for air.
39. In spring the countryside bursts into life.
40. Karen burst out laughing.
41. Her breath was coming in short bursts.
42. Their pleasure expressed itself in a burst of applause.
43. The sun burst through the clouds.
44. She burst into tears and fled.
45. He burst into tears and stormed off.
46. The river burst its banks and flooded nearby towns.
47. The words burst from her in an angry rush.
48. 'He's a bully!' the little boy burst out.
49. I've eaten so much I'm fit to burst.
50. I tend to work in bursts.
51. He burst in, making no effort to repress his fury.
