combustible

Example Sentences

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Evidence presented at hearings last week showed that government departments failed to effectively address residents' complaints about construction workers smoking on site and the use of combustible building materials during renovations.

From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026

Yet those insulating materials may be combustible, as in the Grenfell fire.

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026

Queens Park Rangers' demise was less nostalgia-tinged decline and more a combustible two-season spell fuelled by big reputations earning bigger bucks.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

The romantic intrigue involving Hedda, Lovborg and Thea is more passionately combustible than the one involving Hedda, George and Judge Brack.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2026

“Like charcoal? The combustible or the art supply?”

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste