EXPLOSION in a Sentence

Learn EXPLOSION from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
111 example sentences for EXPLOSION, such as:
1. The explosion left a wide gash in the rock.
2. The shock of the explosion was felt far away.
3. There was complete mayhem after the explosion.
4. The explosion reduced the church to a mass of rubble.
5. The explosion caused the walls of the building to fall in.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of EXPLOSION
explosion
 n.  the terminal forced release of pressure built up during the occlusive phase of a stop consonant
 n.  the act of exploding or bursting
Classic Sentence: (53 in 4 pages)
1  She feared she might faint at an explosion and not be able to reach the cellar.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
2  As she stood hanging to the sill, a deafening explosion burst on her ears, louder than any cannon she had ever heard.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
3  The world became an inferno of noise and flame and trembling earth as one explosion followed another in earsplitting succession.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
4  As Rhett jerked the horse's head and turned him into another street, another deafening explosion tore the air and a monstrous skyrocket of flame and smoke shot up in the west.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
5  The back kick of the pistol made her reel, as the roar of the explosion filled her ears and the acrid smoke stung her nostrils.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
6  The news of their engagement came like an explosion, unexpected and shattering, rocking the town, and even the mildest- mannered women spoke their minds heatedly.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLVII
7  He could be an ardent, almost a tender, lover for a brief while, and almost immediately a mocking devil who ripped the lid from her gunpowder temper, fired it and enjoyed the explosion.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLVIII
8  The situation between them was one which could have been cleared up only by a sudden explosion of feeling; and their whole training and habit of mind were against the chances of such an explosion.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 9
9  Every light in the hall was ablaze; every lamp turned as high as it could be without smoking the chimney or threatening explosion.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In IX
10  It came as if self-impelled, driving all before it, a perpetual explosion.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
11  And then suddenly, as in an explosion, the horrible truth burst over him, and he reeled and staggered back with a scream.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 15
12  Among the savages a frightful stillness succeeded the explosion, which had just been heard bursting from the bowels of the rock.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 9
13  The order was instantly obeyed, and the fog was stirred by the explosion of fifty muskets.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 14
14  Once one lit before him and the livid lightning of the explosion effectually barred the way in his chosen direction.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
15  The battle roar settled to a rolling thunder, which was a single, long explosion.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 16
Example Sentence: (58 in 4 pages)
1  The airline is beginning to claw back some of the business it lost after the bomb explosion.
2  The explosion was almost simultaneous with the announcement.
3  The explosion left a wide gash in the rock.
4  An explosion at a chemical plant has left one worker dead and four injured.
5  Some people believe the universe was created by a big explosion.
6  The explosion caused the walls of the building to fall in.
7  Fire-brigades are standing by in case of an explosion.
8  Officials say they're baffled about the cause of the gas explosion.
9  These two chemicals interact with each other at a certain temperature to produce a substance which could cause an explosion.
10  The explosion reduced the church to a mass of rubble.
11  There was complete mayhem after the explosion.
12  Detectives are liaising with Derbyshire police following the bomb explosion early today.
13  A disgruntled former employee is being blamed for the explosion.
14  The shock of the explosion was felt far away.
15  Four police officers sustained serious injuries in the explosion.