Sentence examples for put a burst from inspiring English sources

Regaining an altitude of 5000 feet, he tried to dive underneath an Albatros two-seater and pop up under its belly as usual, but he overshot, and the German rear gunner put a burst of 15 bullets through the Nieuport's wings and spars.

If they rise up, you can put a short burst in their skull.

In that race, he broke well and stalked the leader from second position, then put on a burst of speed and drew clear to win.

Enough to make Romanians put on a burst of speed?

A dragonfly can put on a burst of speed, stop on a dime, hover, fly backward, and switch direction in a flash.

At the 1904 Olympics he put on a burst of speed in the homestretches of each of his individual races to pass his competitors and win.

Her action ought to signal Gore supporters everywhere to put on a burst of energy and not be intimidated by the triumphalist theater of the Bush campaign.

Twice in the closing stretch, Pereiro put on a burst of speed in the apparent hope that Valverde would follow him and jump to the stage victory.

Since the pair make up almost half of euro-area GDP, this helped the single-currency zone put on a burst of speed in the first quarter, outpacing America and Britain, to grow by 0.8%.

By now the King Jacob was some distance away, and every time Mbalo put in a burst to try to reach it, he felt as if the waves pushed him even farther away.

In extreme circumstances, the signal to slow down can be overridden, allowing an athlete to tap into that muscle reserve — which is why elite marathoners can put on a burst of speed at the end of a race, only to collapse when they cross the finish line.