Examples of combust in a Sentence
anthracite, which is naturally hard, combusts more cleanly than bituminous coal
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Helsley combusted during his time with the Mets this past summer, but a good chunk of that failure could be chalked up to pitch tipping.
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Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2025
The city celebrating itself, egos combusting in the concrete jungle.
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The rounded piston heads, slotted into a rounded chamber to match, offered higher efficiency with less energy lost to heat while fuel is combusted before being sent out as exhaust.
—Liam Rappleye, USA Today, 6 Oct. 2025
The rounded piston heads, slotted into a rounded chamber to match, offered higher efficiency with less energy lost to heat while fuel is combusted before being sent out as exhaust.
—Liam Rappleye, Freep.com, 3 Oct. 2025
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Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2025
The city celebrating itself, egos combusting in the concrete jungle.
—Literary Hub, 7 Nov. 2025
The rounded piston heads, slotted into a rounded chamber to match, offered higher efficiency with less energy lost to heat while fuel is combusted before being sent out as exhaust.
—Liam Rappleye, USA Today, 6 Oct. 2025
The rounded piston heads, slotted into a rounded chamber to match, offered higher efficiency with less energy lost to heat while fuel is combusted before being sent out as exhaust.
—Liam Rappleye, Freep.com, 3 Oct. 2025
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“Combust.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/combust. Accessed 7 Dec. 2025.
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