Sentence examples for took an explosion from inspiring English sources

It took an explosion of Palestinian resistance, in the intifada (uprising) of the late 1980s and the far more lethal one of 2001-03, to convince Israel that this was an illusion.What bearing does all this history have on the foul events unfolding right now in Gaza?

A crewmate is splayed out on the deck in front, having taken an explosion to the face.

A crew mate is splayed out on the deck in front, having taken an explosion to the face.

It took an enormous explosion to propel a truck axle so far; of course, that fertilizer bomb also sheared a huge gash into the Murrah building.

For me, it only took a few explosions.

A 2002 report by Tokyo Electric and five other companies declared, "There is no need to take a hydrogen explosion into consideration," the Yomiuri Shimbun reported.

It'd take a cataclysmic explosion at Yellowstone to knock World of Warcraft off its perch atop MMO Mountain, but if there's one game that will give it a run for its money it's BioWare's The Old Republic.

The truth is, it doesn't take a massive explosion to send folks in this neighborhood to the hospital.

The rapper, an icon of the late '80s hip-hop explosion, took a break from performing until promoters came calling about seven years ago, representing a new generation of fans hungry for the biggest acts of the "old school".

That's more or less it, give or take a few explosions.

The Games also experienced transportation and accommodation problems, and, though extra security precautions were taken, a pipe-bomb explosion in Centennial Olympic Park caused one death.