How to Use burst out in a Sentence

burst out

phrasal verb
Definition of burst outnext
  • The moment caused Sophia to burst out laughing and walk out of shot, with Sistine soon following suit.
    — Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 9 Aug. 2024
  • Lowe looked at him, saw the glint in his eye and burst out laughing.
    — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Oct. 2023
  • Then that creature bursts out of your chest and grows to 9 feet tall?
    — Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2023
  • And after the first take, there was a quick pause, and then the whole crew burst out laughing.
    — Marianne Garvey, CNN, 26 June 2023
  • Davis also showed off his hands and burst out of the backfield.
    — Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 29 May 2024
  • And why do these aliens keep bursting out of people’s chests?
    — Scottie Andrew, CNN, 16 Aug. 2024
  • Co-hitting coach Ryan Fuller said the hope is that that hit will open the floodgates for Hays to burst out of his slump.
    — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 15 Apr. 2024
  • Mendes bursts out such a swing on keys that audiences all over the world couldn’t help falling for the song.
    — Felipe Maia, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2024
  • The whole place burst out laughing because that was my mother.
    — Janine Rubenstein, Peoplemag, 4 Feb. 2024
  • Freeman bursts out naked, arms out, with his orange jumpsuit on the floor.
    — Emily Palmer, Peoplemag, 21 Sep. 2023
  • Kendall hugs Kylie as the Kylie cosmetics founder bursts out into tears and buries her face in her hands.
    — Vivian Kwarm, New York Daily News, 9 May 2024
  • The worm's larvae then burst out of the lungs, get coughed up by the rat, and are swallowed and eventually pooped out.
    — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 22 Sep. 2023
  • Hicks became accustomed to short bursts out of the bullpen for his first five big-league seasons.
    — Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 7 June 2024
  • Once everything was just right, the sun burst out and Turner had to rearrange the whole set-up.
    — Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 26 June 2024
  • The subjects of great paintings burst out of the frames to peer like inmates from windows of museums.
    — Sally Jenkins, Washington Post, 27 July 2024
  • At the Tokyo Olympics, Holloway burst out to his typical massive lead.
    — Adam Kilgore, Washington Post, 29 June 2024
  • Stocks burst out of a bear market, bitcoin surged and bonds enjoyed some reprieve, too.
    — WSJ, 1 July 2023
  • So, the alien never burst out of Sigourney Weaver's stomach, Lauren.
    — Lauren Goode, WIRED, 12 Oct. 2023
  • The fire burst out Friday in a third-floor apartment — but a Fire Department source said that was just one place where e-bikes were found.
    — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 24 Feb. 2024
  • As the comet approaches the sun, the ice begins to turn to gas that can burst out of the comet in a cloud of dust that creates a huge, fuzzy cloud around the nucleus called the coma.
    — Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 19 Mar. 2024
  • Some people fell to the ground and burst out crying, multiple survivors said.
    — Gal Koplewitz Natan Odenheimer, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2024
  • People had never seen a creature bursting out of someone’s chest, at least not in that way.
    — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Mar. 2024
  • Ditsy floral curtains drape the store’s windows, and branches adorned with pink and white petals burst out the door and across the building’s facade.
    — Jenna Rosenstein, Harper's BAZAAR, 6 Sep. 2023
  • Rodriguez is seen on video bursting out of her apartment while holding a blade to Fenton's throat.
    — Chris Eberhart, Fox News, 25 May 2023
  • Halle, when Ariel bursts out of the water at sunset and flips her hair back, how many takes were needed to get that silhouette shot just right?
    — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 May 2023
  • As generations of viruses burst out of old cells and infect new ones, cheaters ought to get more and more common.
    — Quanta Magazine, 11 Apr. 2024
  • When the lights went down, Roy Wood, Jr., the evening’s m.c., introduced Lakshmi, who burst out from behind a side curtain.
    — Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 23 Apr. 2024
  • The audience burst out laughing at that line during the film’s screening at the Tribeca Film Festival.
    — Shannon Liao, Vulture, 27 June 2023
  • Angela, for example, who was obese and bursting out of cowgirl clothes and screamed expletives at the sky like a rodeo Medea.
    — Christian Wiman, Harper's Magazine, 14 Dec. 2022
  • After bursting out of their love bubble and back into real life, Nick and Charlie have to figure out how to be a couple and relate to the rest of the world.
    — Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 2 Aug. 2023

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