How to Use burst out in a Sentence

burst out

verb
  • Both my parents burst out in tears.
    — Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 24 Nov. 2025
  • The room burst out in laughter.
    — Mike Defabo, New York Times, 1 June 2026
  • The place burst out laughing, and Al just shut the door.
    — Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Jan. 2026
  • The Iron Man star then burst out laughing.
    — Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 20 May 2026
  • The idea must want to burst out of me in order for the writing to begin.
    — Literary Hub, 12 May 2026
  • Late-stage larvae then burst out, grow a forked tail, and swim to find an animal host.
    — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 22 Sep. 2026
  • The jet bursts out through the clouds of the nebula and extends light-years into space.
    — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 24 Apr. 2026
  • As the holes were carved, flames and smoke burst out of the opening, releasing heat trapped inside.
    — Rob Moore, Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Churchgoers gasped and glanced at their neighbors; some burst out laughing.
    — Yvonne Wingett Sanchez, The Atlantic, 31 May 2026
  • Hand on face, tears about to burst, el corazón a punto de salirse del pecho (with his heart about to burst out of his chest).
    — Sucio Smash, VIBE.com, 7 Feb. 2026
  • The crowd burst out into a wild celebration.
    — Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Mar. 2026
  • Who will get the ultimate glamor shot of bursting out of water?
    — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Park said, noting her wardrobe malfunction and bursting out laughing.
    — Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Dec. 2025
  • After the screening, the audience burst out in applause, which is rare in Spain.
    — John Hopewell, Variety, 19 Mar. 2026
  • When his star player scored a goal and pointed to his wife and baby out in the stands, Petzold burst out laughing.
    — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 23 Mar. 2026
  • Michalle arrived home from work, appraised the situation, and burst out laughing.
    — Anna Wiener, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
  • The historical landmark was on fire for hours, with locals gawking as orange flames burst out of its steeple.
    — Amethyst Martinez, USA Today, 25 June 2026
  • There's the slightest of ripples before the robot bursts out of the water and into the air — all in less than a second.
    — Ari Daniel, NPR, 9 July 2026
  • Afterwards, Briney burst out laughing.
    — Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Nov. 2025
  • This heating prompted volatile gases close to the surface to expand and burst out in jets, carrying comet dust with them.
    — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 26 Mar. 2026
  • The silky sound of the violins playing a sentimental tune until raw desire bursts out into the open.
    — Justin Davidson, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2026
  • On the side of the road in France’s wine region, as waves of firefighting planes passed over a charred forest, flames burst out at the edge of the tree line.
    — Shira Pinson, NBC news, 30 July 2026
  • Moura fills the frame and bursts from it just as his character bursts out of his immediate milieu into history.
    — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2026
  • A bit smaller than some scouts might like for a first-down runner, Smothers makes up for it with a thick lower half and tremendous burst out of his cuts.
    — Nick Baumgardner, New York Times, 31 July 2026
  • Tucci appeared to be in agreement with Streep, while their costar Emily Blunt burst out laughing.
    — Gabrielle Rockson, PEOPLE, 29 Apr. 2026
  • When Luna conjoins intense Pluto, our feelings about such shifts might burst out in unpleasant ways!
    — Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 Feb. 2026
  • The commotion awakened the victim’s mother, who rushed in, causing the suspect to burst out of the home and flee, authorities said.
    — Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2026
  • After bursting out of the middle of a snowman, Dusty steps down into the audience to do a little of her famous off-color crowd work.
    — Merrill Markoe, Rolling Stone, 1 Feb. 2026
  • My limbs stilled and grew heavy in the heat, but Alice jiggled her knees up and down, bursting out with short spurts of conversation that weighed against the beauty of our silence.
    — Literary Hub, 18 Mar. 2026
  • The main sleeper pod packs down small to store easily at home, then loads neatly into small and midsize vans only to burst out the tailgate at camp and create an instant bedroom.
    — New Atlas, 16 Sep. 2026

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