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Example sentences for "burst into"

  • This remark had the most drastic effect upon me; I burst into a loud laugh, and told him that my position was not worth a thought one way or the other.

  • When, on the return journey, I looked back once more on Prague from the same hilltop, I burst into tears, flung myself on the earth, and for a long time could not be induced by my astonished companion to pursue the journey.

  • He could not imagine why they both burst into laughter, Hayward uproariously, and Weeks with a funny chuckle.

  • Without waiting for an answer from Philip the big man burst into a great bellow of laughter.

  • But as soon as he arrived he burst into Rose's study.

  • He delivered one woman of twins (a source of humour to the facetious) and when she was told she burst into a long, shrill wail of misery.

  • At these times his reason could offer him no help, he imagined the anguish of a physical torment which would last endlessly, he felt quite sick with fear and burst into a violent sweat.

  • I could not bear this strange manner of speaking; it made my very soul shudder,-and I burst into tears.

  • I burst into tears: with difficulty had I so long restrained them; for my heart, while it glowed with tenderness and gratitude, was oppressed with a sense of its own unworthiness.

  • When Kirkpatrick approached the side of his dead chief, he burst into tears, and his sobs alone proclaimed his participation in the solemnity.

  • The next instant he held Wallace to his breast; and remembering all that he had lost for his sake since they parted, a soldier's heart melted, and he burst into tears.

  • It was then that Harry, taking the paper and eyeing the chaplain with rather a wicked look, burst into a laugh, which was, however, anything but jovial.

  • He burst into a loud laugh and exclaimed (I shall omit his oaths) 'Modest!

  • The perception of his own absurdity did but increase his rage, till it was exhausted; after which he has sometimes been seen to burst into tears, at the recollection of his own madness and inhumanity.

  • My heart melted when I heard him; I burst into tears, and replied, 'I would willingly die to serve him.

  • The lowering sky, the approach of darkness, and the utter desert in which I found myself at length conjured up the full distress of the scene, which seized upon my imagination, and I burst into tears.

  • And Gerard baked his pudding; and getting to the stove, burst into steam.

  • He burst into Peter's house a horrible figure, bleeding and bloodstained, and flung the deer's carcass down.

  • But when Katie brought the required dress, Princess Mary remained sitting motionless before the glass, looking at her face, and saw in the mirror her eyes full of tears and her mouth quivering, ready to burst into sobs.

  • She lowered her head and was ready to burst into tears.

  • She leaned against her mother and burst into such a loud, ringing fit of laughter that even the prim visitor could not help joining in.

  • Thus encumbered the old gentleman lifted his legs awkwardly once or twice, as if they were very clumsy and imperfect pieces of machinery, and then looking down on his own side of the wall, burst into a loud laugh.

  • The visitors, after a momentary silence, burst into a great laugh.

  • He spoke the words with perfect composure, but as soon as they were uttered, burst into a wail, and sobbed like a child.

  • His guide spoke more and more vehemently, and suddenly, tucking in his chin and displaying his rows of big and dazzling teeth, burst into a gay and boyish laugh, at the same time shaking his head rapidly.

  • Batouch was about to burst into a lyric ecstasy, but he checked himself and said: "Madame shall see for herself and tell me afterwards if in all Europe there is one such garden.

  • But he only bore up until he got home, and there, while he was telling his father the occurrence, he burst into a storm of passionate tears, mingled with the fiercest invectives against Mr. Gordon for his injustice.

  • Rowlands, that Eric, who had been peeping at the scene from over his bed-clothes, burst into an irresistible explosion of laughter.

  • Montagu rather looked as if he intended to give the speaker a box on the ear; but he was just deciding that Bull wasn't worth the trouble, when Wildney, who had been grimacing all the time, burst into a fit of laughter.

  • Then Jonas (in the same strange spirit of vivacity) burst into a loud discordant laugh.

  • But his daughters, less tranquil-minded, burst into a torrent of indignation.

  • He burst into a laugh, which, being prolonged, fell off into a dismal wail.

  • And, feigning to burst into a torrent of tears, he darted round the corner and into the public-house.

  • It was such a contrast to the scene within that Master Swift burst into tears.

  • I burst into a fit of laughter, which, soon brought out Dodd.

  • At several humorous passages I burst into a loud laugh; whereupon the natives nudged one another with their elbows and pointed significantly at me, as much as to say, "Just look at the crazy American!

  • His patience and all his better thoughts were quite worn away, and he burst into tears of anger and cried out that it was very hard--his mother cared for Harold more than for him, and nobody minded it, if he lay in such pain all night.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    bring down; burst forth; burst into; burst out; bursting shell; bursting shells; headed windows; here represented; human races; keep house; knelt down; laid paper; large picture; little fresh; many children; other arts; picture book; public revenue; quit work; shallow baking; situated upon; take home; water shells; wild creatures; window glass; would live