burst

Example Sentences

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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

“I love this,” he said, bursting into a chuckle before turning to the dour-looking officer next to him.

From Literature

The network had been shuttered since 2015, when a corroded pipe burst and caused one of the state’s worst oil spills.

From Los Angeles Times