combustive

Example Sentences

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He was described as a combustive mixture of "victimhood and arrogance".

From BBC • Dec. 15, 2023

He was wily and sly and combustive and smooth, playing a person desperate to matter.

From New York Times • Jul. 10, 2020

A few tracks with more spirited rhythms would have made “Walk Through Fire” an even more combustive listen, but there’s plenty of quality on hand and Yola is definitely a keeper.

From Washington Times • Feb. 21, 2019

Chancellor's combustive hits are a large part of what draws us to football.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 3, 2018

So taken, salt, sulphur, and mercury are equivalent to the combustive, the combustible, and the combust, under one or other of which all known bodies, or ponderable substances, may be classed and distinguished.

From Literary Remains, Volume 2 by Coleridge, Samuel Taylor