How to Use pyrotechnic in a Sentence

pyrotechnic

1 of 2 adjective
  • There are still ways to elicit a feeling akin to that pyrotechnic blood lust.
    — Boone Ashworth, WIRED, 4 July 2019
  • That was the mania, streaming across the screen in pyrotechnic spurts of phrase.
    — Andy McCullough, latimes.com, 23 May 2018
  • For many, it’s being drawn to writers whose prose is pyrotechnic.
    — Brendan O'Meara, Longreads, 6 Apr. 2022
  • Smoke lay in the air and the light flickered, pyrotechnic machines going off.
    — Sara Schiff, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Nov. 2025
  • Choose one that isn’t overly sweet for a gently pyrotechnic burst of citrus to set the heart racing.
    — Aleksandra Crapanzano, WSJ, 2 Feb. 2022
  • Violent and filled with pyrotechnic language, this was one of my favorites in high school.
    — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 6 Oct. 2025
  • That fire was sparked by a pyrotechnic device at a gender reveal party.
    — Chris Dolce, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2025
  • The crack of gunfire sounded from each one, courtesy of a small pyrotechnic device.
    — The Economist, 16 Dec. 2020
  • It was sparked by a pyrotechnic device a couple used for a gender reveal party.
    — James Rogers, Fox News, 3 Dec. 2020
  • Shortly before the game began, the team's pyrotechnic equipment glitched, sparking a small fire near the north end zone.
    — Scottie Andrew, CNN, 15 Sep. 2019
  • Shortly before the game began, the team’s pyrotechnic equipment glitched, sparking a small fire near the north end zone.
    — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2019
  • The Rams still received a pyrotechnic-laden welcome when running onto the field.
    — Calvin Watkins, Dallas News, 14 Sep. 2020
  • What could be more entertaining than a pyrotechnic bunch of drunken Danes?
    — SI.com, 24 Oct. 2017
  • At the front of the room was a lifting platform surrounded by speakers and smoke and pyrotechnic machines.
    — Sara Schiff, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Nov. 2025
  • That’s not the case for the pyrotechnic bouquets that burst in the air, over and over again, every year in early July.
    — Otis R. Taylor Jr., SFChronicle.com, 9 July 2018
  • Nonetheless, being far from a store in a fireworks desert hasn’t kept pyrotechnic scofflaws in Illinois at bay.
    — David Yanofsky, Quartz, 1 July 2020
  • Officials said it was caused by a smoke-emitting pyrotechnic device that was part of a gender-reveal party in a park.
    — Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Sep. 2020
  • Trump really can't be blamed for doing everything in his bag of pyrotechnic tricks to grab attention, though.
    — Bill Carter For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN, 15 Oct. 2020
  • Yet the Rams still ran through a pyrotechnic display during pregame introductions.
    — Dallas News, 14 Sep. 2020
  • Somehow, Lil Durk managed to power through his set after he was struck in the face by a pyrotechnic onstage.
    — Daniel Kohn, SPIN, 1 Aug. 2022
  • The wooden effigy is burned in a pyrotechnic show on the second-to-last night of the annual festival.
    — Siobhan McAndrew, USA Today, 19 Sep. 2025
  • The show ended with a fireworks display that included a giant pyrotechnic image of the singer with her guitar.
    — Terence McArdle, Washington Post, 7 May 2023
  • William Foster spent decades working in the pyrotechnic industry.
    — Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The supplies can be found at hardware and pyrotechnic supply stores, and the balloons can be assembled on a basketball court.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 11 May 2023
  • Consider the man who died while planking, and the couple that started a wildfire with a pyrotechnic gender reveal.
    — Adario Strange, Quartz, 5 July 2022
  • Part of the engineering of the show is making sure that the shells launch high enough that all the pyrotechnic reactions take place before the pieces reach the ground.
    — Kevin Davenport, idahostatesman, 3 July 2018
  • Achieving that involves a lot more than just music, though, and Baker is a careful student of the pyrotechnic theater of it all.
    — Meaghan Garvey, Billboard, 23 Mar. 2022
  • For thunderstorms and light pyrotechnic occasions sometimes just the jacket and hiding in the closet works.
    — Mary Jo Dilonardo, Treehugger, 28 June 2023
  • This year's event also would take place at the fairgrounds and would feature live music, concessions, bounce houses and — like last year — a pyrotechnic display.
    — Luke Money, latimes.com, 14 Apr. 2018
  • The pyrotechnic device the couple used in the gender reveal ignited the dry grounds in the park, Anderson said.
    — Washington Post, 21 July 2021

pyrotechnic

2 of 2 noun
  • There was no word yet on how the pyrotechnic misfired on the stage.
    — Kenan Draughorne, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2022
  • The house lights are left on, and pyrotechnics are removed from the show.
    — Amy Schwabe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 June 2019
  • Her pyrotechnics were on full blast, shooting off fire across the edge of the stage.
    — Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 12 Sep. 2023
  • The fog was part of some stage pyrotechnics set off at his live show in Louisville.
    — Justine Browning, EW.com, 22 Apr. 2023
  • And doing that level of pyrotechnics and stuff was a first for me.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 31 July 2023
  • Muna is ready to bring the heat on tour — even if pyrotechnics are out of the question.
    — Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 27 May 2026
  • Missed the fireworks on the Fourth or just can’t get enough pyrotechnics?
    — baltimoresun.com, 11 July 2019
  • The bombs are inert but do contain small pyrotechnic charges and should not be approached.
    — Joe Mario Pedersen, orlandosentinel.com, 2 July 2019
  • The glowing embers of the pyrotechnics singe the roofs of the estate.
    — Troy Patterson, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2019
  • But her set, at times, felt a little over produced with way too many cutaway shots to pyrotechnics.
    — cleveland, 3 Feb. 2020
  • That these beings, born in the explosion of stars, love pyrotechnics, and that is why there is war.
    — Shanti Escalante-De Mattei, ARTnews.com, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Wanton pyrotechnics on the street.
    — Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 2 June 2026
  • The pyrotechnics often make a loud sound many confuse with gunfire.
    — Eva Flowe july 1, Charlotte Observer, 1 July 2026
  • How many pyrotechnics need to be replenished?
    — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 28 Oct. 2025
  • The scene took place while pyrotechnics shoot into the air at the front of the stage and music continues to play.
    — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 1 Sep. 2023
  • An hour or so after Dayton fired the pyrotechnics, the seagulls were still gone.
    — David Gutman, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Feb. 2020
  • The band didn’t bother with such details in a live setting, revving up in time to their onstage pyrotechnics.
    — A.d. Amorosi, Variety, 17 Oct. 2025
  • On Friday night, those same stands swelled with younger voices than usual and none of the pyrotechnics.
    — Joshua Robinson, WSJ, 8 June 2019
  • Of course, many were probably hoping the pyrotechnics would come amid four quarters of play, not just a postgame show.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Aug. 2019
  • There were horses present for the national anthem (that were spooked by the pyrotechnics).
    — Matthew Defranks, Dallas News, 1 Jan. 2020
  • He was also known for using pyrotechnics during his campaign events.
    — CBS News, 29 June 2026
  • The popping of both pyrotechnics and bats connecting to balls could be heard all game as the two teams scored early and often.
    — Robert Rimpson, The Courier-Journal, 3 July 2019
  • The show got a shorter time slot this year, but the cast pulled it off through vibrant song-and-dance routines and surprise pyrotechnics.
    — Sarah Matusek, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Feb. 2023
  • The neon performance brought energy along with lights, props and pyrotechnics.
    — Rosa Escandon, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • More and more with each passing year, in other places around the world, drone art has been replacing fireworks and pyrotechnics.
    — Larry Dvoskin, Rolling Stone, 3 Mar. 2023
  • The police pyrotechnics expert wrote that there were food trucks near the fireworks site that had not initially been planned for that area.
    — Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 23 Jan. 2026
  • And [director Monika Mitchell] shows me a huge pyrotechnic pile of wood that had been set up.
    — Katherine Schaffstall, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Nov. 2019
  • Along the way, blazes of pyrotechnics, flashes of light and hazes of smoke heightened the set’s intensity.
    — Kirby Adams, Louisville Courier Journal, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Both feature pyrotechnics, light shows and live performances.
    — Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 14 Nov. 2025
  • Some council members said the city should look into limits on pyrotechnics displays.
    — Shannon Tyler, Idaho Statesman, 5 Feb. 2026

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