Sentence examples for combusts from inspiring English sources
verb
Third person singular of combust
Whether promulgating psychoanalytic theories to his listeners on his radio show produced by his low-brow single friend and coworker Roz Doyle Peri Gilpinn) or sticking his expansive forehead into the business of his family members, Frasier's elitism clouds his advice, which more often than not combusts in his face, leaving his abounding ego bruised.
When his favorite teacher, a spinster with problems of her own, lets him down, his anger — at the world, at his loutish parents and his hopeless brother — combusts.
"The Gates" does trigger beauty when, as on the aforementioned Sunday afternoon, a low sun backlights the fluttering fabric, which combusts like stained glass in a molten state.
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Before it combusts, it will emit the shrieks of children in Central Park and the grumble of a jackhammer, as recorded from an apartment window in Queens.
Saturday, Fox Soccer); where you can witness Cristiano Ronaldo's latest histrionics (noon Saturday, ESPN Deportes); or how to secure a ringside seat in case Arsène Wenger combusts spontaneously on the touchline (8 30 a.m. Sunday, Fox Soccer Plus).
Every time he tries to play the world statesman, he spontaneously self-combusts: perhaps he should just accept that he and olive branches don't see eye to eye.
Mr. Crook's palpably intelligent, fiery-eyed Konstantin doesn't collapse into fatal sadness; he self-combusts from stymied passion.
Wiping his own sides' insipid effort from the memory will be the only thing to stop Brad Scott combusting.
It's Mercury who provokes gasps when he appears on screen to "duet" with Lambert in a Bohemian Rhapsody so riotous one fears the venue may combust.
Such has been the awful trajectory of Ukraine, where protests that began peacefully in November have combusted in grotesque violence.
