How to Use eruption in a Sentence

eruption

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  • At the point of the eruption, the Cyclones had twice the penalties that Baylor dd.
    — Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 24 Sep. 2022
  • The latest eruption is the fifth on the peninsula since 2021.
    — Catherine Duncan, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Jan. 2024
  • For those just seeking a glimpse of the eruption, the tensions can be hard to grasp.
    — Simon Romero, New York Times, 9 Dec. 2022
  • An eruption of that scale would dwarf blasts like 1991's Pinatubo.
    — Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 8 Oct. 2023
  • The couple was killed in a volcanic eruption in Japan in 1991.
    — Daron James, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Symptoms vary, but can include a flu-like illness and the eruption of a rash on the skin.
    — Ngofeen Mputubwele, The New Yorker, 23 July 2022
  • With more minutes, the eruption could be coming in Game 6.
    — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 10 May 2023
  • The ring is known for volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, and tsunamis.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 1 Sep. 2023
  • One of the biggest eruptions of thick smoke from the fires this year is beginning to drift south.
    — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 18 July 2024
  • Feelings about this spring’s eruption of brand flicks have been mixed.
    — Zachary Siegel, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2023
  • About 45 miles from the volcano, the eruption cut off a seafloor fiber-optic cable.
    — Rahul Rao, Popular Science, 7 Sep. 2023
  • The primal force of the fire draws pilgrims to the lips of the craters, and has drawn Weston around the world in chase of that initial eruption.
    — Nina MacLaughlin, BostonGlobe.com, 13 July 2023
  • The eruption sent lava fountains at the summit as high as 200 feet.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 8 June 2023
  • The volcanic eruption is Iceland’s fifth in three years, and second in less than a month.
    — TIME, 15 Jan. 2024
  • Last year's eruption was the first on the Reykjanes Peninsula in more than 800 years.
    — Sarah Rumpf, Fox News, 3 Aug. 2022
  • During the 1950 Mauna Loa eruption, lava flows reached the ocean in less than a day.
    — Bynadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 28 Oct. 2022
  • This is the third eruption in the area, broadly known as Fagradalsfjall volcano, in the past two years.
    — Naomi Schanen, Washington Post, 11 July 2023
  • Boom This five-minute short is about birds who try to protect their eggs from a volcanic eruption.
    — Beatrice Verhoeven, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Dec. 2023
  • The cut also alerted scientists to the fact that the eruption had disrupted the seafloor, which isn’t easy to spot.
    — Rahul Rao, Popular Science, 7 Sep. 2023
  • After decades of its silence, though, Daley fears this insect was wiped out in the wake of the eruption.
    — Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 1 Oct. 2022
  • McGee left the stage for a moment, then heard an eruption of laughter from the audience.
    — Maggie Duffy, Orlando Sentinel, 26 July 2024
  • That was seen as a distant prospect until the recent eruption.
    — Hannah Allam, Washington Post, 25 Oct. 2023
  • Live footage of the eruption can be viewed online via the USGS’ webcam.
    — Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 7 June 2023
  • Despite that mismatch with the start of warming, the study did find a match between the eruptions and the later peak warmth during the MCO.
    — Howard Lee, Ars Technica, 8 Sep. 2024
  • Pliny the Younger in letters described shaking ground around the time of Vesuvius’s eruption.
    — Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 18 July 2024
  • The volcano last erupted in 1984, the longest gap without an eruption in the past two centuries.
    — George Petras, USA Today, 29 Nov. 2022
  • The court was shown video and photographs taken in the moments before and during the eruption.
    — Rod McGuirk, USA TODAY, 14 July 2023
  • The eruption began at 10:17 p.m. local time on Monday, the Met Office said.
    — Ragnhildur Sigurdardottir, Fortune Europe, 19 Dec. 2023
  • Usually when an eruption starts, the area is closed for everybody.
    — Jaclyn Greenberg, WIRED, 5 Dec. 2024
  • The Terps’ offensive eruption in the first half was aided by remarkable efficiency from behind the 3-point line.
    — Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 27 Nov. 2024

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