How to Use outburst in a Sentence

outburst

noun
  • So count that inning as an outburst.
    — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 June 2026
  • Her triple came during a five-run outburst in the fourth that broke the game open.
    — Mike Lefkow, Mercury News, 8 May 2025
  • There had been some outbursts which did not go down well during his tenure.
    — Simon Johnson, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2026
  • Droplet outbursts from onion cutting.
    — Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
  • The outburst marked the first scoring since the first inning.
    — Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2021
  • His emotional outburst failed to turn the set, or the match, around.
    — Sean Gregory, Time, 13 Sep. 2021
  • Still, astronomers will be keeping their eyes on the sky in case of an outburst.
    — Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Dec. 2024
  • Her outburst caused the kids to become upset again.
    — Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 25 Dec. 2025
  • The offensive outburst came at a good time.
    — Kansas City Star, 20 Sep. 2025
  • Last year’s 32-point outburst could go down as a career high for him.
    — Murat Ates, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
  • Until then, neighbors will have to deal with the man's outbursts.
    — Lauren Pozen, CBS News, 8 May 2026
  • The Warriors have no choice but to take his latest outburst and move on.
    — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2024
  • But her outbursts frightened the children too.
    — Literary Hub, 16 June 2026
  • In one instance, she was said to have had an outburst in the middle of a sermon.
    — Christopher Moyer, Rolling Stone, 26 Nov. 2021
  • Yelich hit the ball to all parts of the field in that amazing offensive outburst.
    — Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes, 13 May 2022
  • Penny grabbed him from behind in a chokehold to halt the outburst.
    — Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 9 Dec. 2024
  • The Astros took the lead with a three-run outburst in the sixth inning.
    — Chron, 7 July 2021
  • Then came the big scoring outburst from Philly in the bottom of the eighth.
    — Jamie Barton, CNN, 11 Sep. 2024
  • This was not the only time Brady has had an outburst on the sidelines this year.
    — Jason Hahn, Peoplemag, 20 Oct. 2022
  • Elsewhere, beware of outbursts and shocking news in the first few days of the week.
    — Kyle Thomas, People.com, 15 June 2025
  • Without an admission of faults of one’s own, an outburst reads as sour grapes.
    — Anna Holmes, The Atlantic, 16 Dec. 2025
  • Julien had a two-run single in the fifth inning that started the eight-run outburst.
    — ABC News, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Mya Diaz sparked the outburst with a leadoff home run to left for her first home run.
    — Dan Albano, Orange County Register, 7 May 2024
  • If there is a health issue at the root of this outburst, adding to her distress feels cruel.
    — Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 1 Nov. 2022
  • This time, there wasn’t nearly as long of a gap between scoring outbursts.
    — Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 22 Apr. 2026
  • One of his relatives appeared to have a brief outburst.
    — Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2026
  • This outburst is what was first recorded over 2,700 years ago.
    — Taylor Nicioli, CNN, 21 Apr. 2023
  • That’s when Servite batted around during a five-run outburst.
    — Steve Fryer, Oc Register, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Sunday's outburst was his fourth 20-point game of the season.
    — Orion Sang, Detroit Free Press, 21 Feb. 2021
  • The Dodgers’ offensive outburst smoothed away that rocky start.
    — Bill Plunkett, Daily News, 3 Apr. 2026

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