Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Showing results for fuse. Search instead for fuses.
Definitions

fuse

[fyooz] / fjuz /


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

It always finds a way to reinvent itself — to become more daring, to fuse and bastardize.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 4, 2026

Sometimes mitochondria fuse together into large interconnected networks that generate energy efficiently.

From Science Daily Jul. 3, 2026

Past and present don’t collide so much as they fuse together; they aren’t two opposing places in time, but rather, a straight line.

From Salon May 25, 2026

As it steadily gains steam from its spare opening bars, the number has tornado sirens harmonizing while lives flicker and disappear like sparks flying off a firecracker’s fuse.

From The Wall Street Journal May 12, 2026

This time, I had lengthened the fuse so he had time to clamber inside with Basil and the rest of us, all hunkered down in happy anticipation.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam

Zhu fused international market principles with domestic realities in a construct his officials called a “socialist market economy with Chinese characteristics.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

To test this, Chai sliced worms lengthwise and fused each one with part of a different worm.

From Science Daily Aug. 5, 2026

But he also doesn’t expect to see a repeat of such a day, given so many factors had fused together to drive Friday’s action.

From MarketWatch Jul. 31, 2026

“They had pieces of my studio fused to them. Iron, glass. … Literally anything around it that melted and could not turn to ash got stuck to them,” Bayouth said.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 29, 2026

In addition to the HeLa-mouse hybrid, Harris fused HeLa with chicken cells that had lost their ability to reproduce.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot

On food, the mainland is fusing with Hong Kong.

From Salon Aug. 9, 2026

Her life’s work became fusing her past as an eighth-generation Appalachian with her future in a broader world.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

Inspired by rap icon Tupac Shakur, turbaned Sidhu built his global following by fusing Punjabi songs with the aesthetic of American hip-hop.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 21, 2026

Fusion is the process of fusing hydrogen nuclei together, which releases immense amounts of energy.

From BBC Apr. 20, 2026

But the process of inventing new ways of fusing Western and Non-Western music continues today in countries all over the world.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones




Vocabulary lists containing fuse


Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Dictionary.com's Learning Companion

Go beyond just looking up words.
Remember them forever with VocabTrainer.

Start training