How to Use skyrocket in a Sentence

skyrocket

verb
  • His popularity skyrocketed after his latest movie.
  • Health care prices are about to skyrocket again.
    — Linda Goler Blount, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Fair enough, as stocks skyrocket.
    — William Pesek, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
  • His walk rate has cratered, while his chase rate has skyrocketed.
    — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 1 May 2026
  • At least one price in life isn't skyrocketing through the roof.
    — C.c. Weiss may 08, New Atlas, 8 May 2026
  • The skyrocketing costs need to take a rest.
    — Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 15 May 2026
  • Google searches on how to do that have skyrocketed in the past few days.
    — Robert Pearlman, ArsTechnica, 22 Sep. 2025
  • The price at the pump is skyrocketing.
    — Claire Malon, Chicago Tribune, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Gas prices are skyrocketing due to the war in Iran.
    — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
  • The power in each one of those racks is just skyrocketing.
    — Zev Fima, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2025
  • As a result, prices have skyrocketed at the gas pump.
    — Steve Kopack, NBC news, 15 Apr. 2026
  • The price of oil is skyrocketing.
    — Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Mar. 2026
  • Its closure has sent oil prices skyrocketing around the world.
    — Matthew Lee, Chicago Tribune, 28 May 2026
  • That number will skyrocket with a win to reach 6-0.
    — David Ubben, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Iran is a major oil producer and the war could cause gas prices to skyrocket.
    — Charlotte Observer, 4 Mar. 2026
  • The price of oil skyrocketed right around the Iraq War.
    — Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2026
  • Urban has spent more than a decade watching the insects skyrocket to fame.
    — Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 9 June 2026
  • The assets have jumped as the Iran war sent oil prices skyrocketing.
    — Michelle Fox, CNBC, 22 May 2026
  • Is the state at risk of skyrocketing cases?
    — Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Blame the price of jet fuel, which has skyrocketed since the war in Iran.
    — Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Few incomes kept up with the skyrocketing costs.
    — Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The skyrocketing prices have been a boon for big oil companies.
    — Jerry McNerney, Mercury News, 2 July 2026
  • The war with Iran caused oil, diesel, jet fuel and gasoline prices to skyrocket.
    — Matt Egan, CNN Money, 16 June 2026
  • Congress must act to address the skyrocketing costs of health care.
    — Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2026
  • That number will skyrocket with a win in Eugene.
    — David Ubben, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Gas prices have been skyrocketing.
    — NBC news, 22 Mar. 2026
  • James’ video about First & Last caused business to skyrocket.
    — Dina Kaur, AZCentral.com, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Sales of the manga it’s based on have also skyrocketed.
    — Griff Griffin, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
  • By then, the cost for two seats together had skyrocketed.
    — Juliana Kim, NPR, 26 June 2026
  • Now, with diesel prices skyrocketing, these savings are even more pronounced.
    — Matthew Belasco, Mercury News, 11 June 2026

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