How to Use go ballistic in a Sentence

go ballistic

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• People went ballistic—cursing, yelling, screaming, all kinds of threats.
  — Andrew Norman Wilson, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
• Five plays later, Allen found tight end Jackson Hawes for a three-yard score, and the home crowd went ballistic.
  — Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 7 Dec. 2025
• The two riders went ballistic, threading gnarly chutes and throwing creative tricks off of Kirkwood’s iconic Y-spine.
  — Outside, 18 Dec. 2025
• Then, Anderson went over to Izzo to explain what happened, and the 70-year-old coach went ballistic.
  — Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 7 Jan. 2026
• Added to that, the fact that Trump often goes ballistic about anything around or now associated with his old buddy Epstein may poison the well.
  — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 4 Feb. 2026
• When everything goes ballistic, the film adopts a pace similar to the rollercoaster Italian ghost films of the 1980s.
  — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 7 July 2026
• The Wolverines faithful in the crowd went ballistic, knowing how much that basket meant considering what UConn has been able to do in this tournament.
  — Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 7 Apr. 2026
• The future Hall of Fame coach went ballistic at head referee Brian Forte’s crew, earning him two technical fouls as he was restrained by assistant coaches.
  — Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 6 Jan. 2026
• Fabian Hurzeler went ballistic before Gomez had even hit the turf, bounding around fourth official Stephen Martin in anticipation of serious punishment for the Leeds captain.
  — Beren Cross, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
• On the ensuing drive, Herbert was crushed by K’Lavon Chaisson, resulting in a fumble recovered by Christian Elliss, as the Gillette Stadium crowd went ballistic.
  — Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 12 Jan. 2026
• Of course, the Dominican Republic dugout and faithful went ballistic when Junior Caminero, the 22-year-old Tampa Bay Rays rising star, belted a hanging breaking ball from Skenes in the bottom of the second inning with two strikes.
  — Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 16 Mar. 2026