How to Use explosion in a Sentence

explosion

noun

• The filmmakers staged the car's explosion.
• The island was rocked by a series of volcanic explosions.
• His comments prompted an explosion of laughter from the crowd.
• The region has experienced a population explosion.
• There were six adults in the house at the time of the explosion.
  — Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 24 Dec. 2023
• The explosion shook part of the city.
  — Marvin Hurst, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026
• Who takes the blame for the explosion?
  — Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 29 Jan. 2026
• Salt Lake has had this huge explosion over the past few years.
  — Mckinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 3 June 2025
• At least two lawsuits have been filed in the wake of the explosion.
  — Tom Dougherty, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2026
• So these quests march on even as the crack of explosions grows louder.
  — Carole V. Bell, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2025
• This isn’t about explosions or high drama on page one.
  — Jd Barker, Rolling Stone, 16 Apr. 2026
• The explosion was caused by a tank mine buried in the road, the report said.
  — Anton Troianovski, BostonGlobe.com, 6 May 2023
• When the first explosion happened, the son fled the house.
  — Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 12 Sep. 2025
• Their son turned six just weeks after the explosion.
  — Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 17 Apr. 2026
• The explosion had balled me up, shoved me aside, and pelted me with hot stones.
  — Will MacKin, New Yorker, 28 June 2026
• Recent nights saw explosions light up the skies.
  — ABC News, 28 Mar. 2026
• The explosion of this business is wild.
  — Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 26 Mar. 2026
• The explosion shook nearby buildings and was felt as far as a mile away.
  — Joe Brandt, CBS News, 6 Mar. 2026
• That begins when a sudden explosion rips the side off the house.
  — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 15 May 2026
• There may be an absolute explosion in the next two years.
  — Pat Saperstein, Variety, 18 June 2026
• An explosion of high-grade citrus is the first scent to unfurl.
  — Dallas News, 30 Nov. 2022
• The fireworks lit up the sky with bright red, green and orange explosions.
  — Jalen Williams, Detroit Free Press, 25 June 2024
• Lie on the ground, face down, with your feet in the direction of the explosion.
  — Kostiantyn Khudov, Washington Post, 14 Dec. 2022
• And yet, there was something in that explosion that prepared us for the present.
  — Harvey Young, Chicago Tribune, 29 Jan. 2026
• Gelernter lost the use of his right hand from the explosion.
  — Dan Mangan, CNBC, 11 Feb. 2026
• These actions can cause fires or explosions that take months to repair.
  — Saman Zonouz, Fortune, 21 Jan. 2026
• These actions can cause fires or explosions that take months to repair.
  — Saman Zonouz, The Conversation, 22 Jan. 2026
• Sushi is a flavor explosion, even in its most simple form.
  — Aly Walansky, Forbes.com, 13 June 2026
• In one image, rows of cars parked in a nearby lot were shown burned from the explosion.
  — Greg Norman-Diamond, FOXNews.com, 19 Feb. 2026
• And then from there, of course, the whole Latin explosion happens.
  — Jeff Nelson, Peoplemag, 25 Oct. 2023