burst

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Turning on us, she cupped her hands and burst into song: “Not Lost But Gone Before,” with piano accompaniment.

From Literature

After that came a wonderful mash that Renn made of late lingonberries and hazelnuts, and finally some beechnuts, which they burst by the fire and peeled to get at the small, rich nuts inside.

From Literature

A new study published in JNeurosci explores how brief bursts of sleep like brain activity during wakefulness affect a person's ability to stay focused.

From Science Daily

"She walked in with a big smile, raised the statue over her head and everybody burst into applause," the restaurant's owner Dino Andrianos told The New York Post at the time.

From BBC

After the marble and dark-wood coolness of the library, I was caught off guard by the bright sun as I burst outside.

From Literature