burst forth

VERB
  1. be unleashed; emerge with violence or noise
    His anger exploded
  2. come into or as if into flower
    These manifestations effloresced in the past
  3. jump out from a hiding place and surprise (someone)
    The attackers leapt out from the bushes
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How To Use burst forth In A Sentence

  • Then the people burst forth into a shout of triumph.
  • A great epidemic burst forth in that area.
  • The scalding water burst forth from his eyes.
  • Hutchinson wanted to burst forth with questions, but he looked so remote and acidly dignified that there was a suggestion of boldness in the idea of intruding on his reflections. T. Tembarom
  • Large flashes of light occasionally burst forth from the opening of a cave leading into the opposing mountain range.
  • And when the favoured one, chosen for the miracle, returns to her village, all the inhabitants crowd to meet her, whilst the bells peal merrily; and when she is seen springing lightly from the vehicle which has brought her home, shouts and sobs of joy burst forth and all intonate the _Magnificat_: Glory to the Blessed Virgin! The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete Lourdes, Rome and Paris
  • Doubtless, her blood is fed by those tropical fires which had slumberingly crept through many generations, but now awaken in her veins; akin to those rivers which mysteriously disappear in the bosom of the desert, and unexpectedly burst forth in springs of pure and living water. Narrative of Sojourner Truth; a Bondswoman of Olden Time, Emancipated by the New York Legislature in the Early Part of the Present Century; with a History of Her Labors and Correspondence Drawn from Her "Book of Life;" Also, a Memorial Chapter,
  • She was like a prettier Nancy Sinatra, with large breasts that were about to burst forth from her décolleté black dress.
  • A great epidemic burst forth in that area.
  • Hence we see why it very seldom thunders when the northerly winds blow; for these winds constringe the earth with their cold, and so hinder the fulminating matter from bursting forth; and when they are burst forth and floating in the air, they hinder their effervency. The Shepherd of Banbury's Rules to Judge of the Changes of the Weather, Grounded on Forty Years' Experience
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