Sentence examples for practically exploding from inspiring English sources

He was practically exploding".

You want to open up with an effusive burst of insincere emotional warmth: "Hey!" You're practically exploding with feigned ecstasy.

Her voice had darkened, so that the contrast between her use of pianissimi – Olivero was fond of holding on to the softest notes for the longest possible time and then practically exploding them with a fast crescendo – and the weighty mezzoish tones in her lower register made her performances seem the epitome of the age of verismo.

"Secretary Rumsfeld," Mr. McCain declared, practically exploding, "in all due respect, you've got to answer this question!" Mr. McCain's rage was in full flare outside the hearing room as well, as a reporter suggested that the mistreatment had been necessary to extract information.

I returned home practically exploding with excitement at the thought of escaping the south of England for the first time in my life.

Hence, despite stagnating figures regarding group size, we can say that the overall collective collaboration within the information system, due to the evolution in the business subsystems (Fig. 10 at the top, Additional file 10), is practically "exploding".

The box practically exploded.

Twitter practically exploded with optimism when the N.H.L. made a new offer to the players' association Tuesday.

When it came to Miller herself or the newsroom, though, Sulzberger kept avoiding questions, so insistently that at one point Rose, who is usually a model of bonhomie, practically exploded with frustration.

Property markets in Austria, Germany, and Luxembourg have practically exploded throughout the crisis, as a result of banks chasing borrowers with offers of loans at near-zero interest rates, regardless of their creditworthiness.

That Christmas, Michael had performed this small sartorial feat for his mother and, as expected, she had practically exploded — "Well, look at you, Mr. Bond, Mr. James Bond!" — after which she had brushed some dandruff from his jacket, ridding him of his father's inheritance.