explosions

Example Sentences

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Between explosions of action, it’s willfully slow, which I suppose life on a desert island might be.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026

The series was consistently dumb but well-made, and this looks like a decent way to spend two hours if you like car chases, shootouts and explosions.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026

“I could hear planes overhead, though the explosions were less intense.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026

In the sky above the northern city of Nahariya, Israel's air defence interceptors shot up to block them, triggering loud explosions.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

Those steam explosions had blasted through hundreds of feet of rock and ice.

From "I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980" by Lauren Tarshis