burst into

phrasal verb

burst into also bursted into; bursting into; bursts into

: to begin to produce or do (something) suddenly

She burst into laughter/tears.

The house burst into flame(s).

Examples of burst into in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

And at the Grammys earlier this year, where Swift announced her new album while accepting an award, she was seen bursting into the press room to congratulate Boygenius on their own Grammy wins. —EW.com, 19 Apr. 2024

By turns comic, romantic and heavily nostalgic, the opera is populated, in addition to its human characters, by all sorts of critters (a frog, a mosquito, a bunny, a bunch of hens and their rooster), all given the inclination to burst into song. —Randy McMullen, The Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2024

But that largely covert struggle burst into full view over the weekend with Tehran’s retaliatory drone and missile strikes. —Daniel Arkin, NBC News, 16 Apr. 2024

And the latest bellow is still ringing out, with the area’s native wildflowers bursting into bloom. —Alice Li, Washington Post, 13 Apr. 2024

The investigation burst into public view in November after F.B.I. agents searched the homes of the former airline executive, Cenk Öcal, the mayor’s liaison to the Turkish community, Rana Abbasova, and his chief fund-raiser, Brianna Suggs — and seized Mr. Adams’s electronic devices. —Dana Rubinstein, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2024

Footage of the disaster shows the ship hitting a support pillar before bursting into flames as the bridge crumbles around it. —Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Mar. 2024

As the winter frost melts away, Southern California bursts into a symphony of color and life. —Branded Content Contributor, Orange County Register, 11 Apr. 2024

The issue burst into the spotlight in October, when a Kansas City, Mo., jury found that the NAR and several major brokerages conspired to keep commissions artificially high, awarding a class of home sellers $1.8 billion in damages. —Aaron Gregg, Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2024