Sentence examples for was erupting from inspiring English sources
verb
To eject something violently (such as lava or water, as from a volcano or geyser).
- The volcano erupted, spewing lava across a wide area.
Meanwhile, his mother's cancer was erupting.
In 2008 he stepped up to governor, just as the financial crisis was erupting.
In 1973, as the Watergate Scandal was erupting, Bush became chairman of the Republican National Committee.
Mount Merapi was erupting to the east, plumes of smoke silhouetted against the rising sun.
It was around the time the Icelandic volcano was erupting and people started behaving so oddly.
Meanwhile, a debate about this year's main act for Lawnparties, Big Sean, also was erupting on social media.
He did not lose his head in the maelstrom of noise that was erupting all over Amen Corner.
Smoke has been billowing across Naples and nearby areas for days, raising fears that the volcano was erupting.
At the same time that the political controversy was erupting, Mr. Bonami learned that his plans faced bureaucratic obstacles, too.
E-commerce worker I used to live in London and came back just as the crisis was erupting.
The oil was erupting from the well with great force, and at first the engineers diverted the dispersants through a wand positioned beside the flow.
