Bursting Sentence Examples

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  • And bursting into tears she hid her face in her handkerchief and rushed from the room.

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  • I shall tell! cried Sonya, bursting into tears.

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  • The fruit is a capsule bursting loculicidally, i.e.

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  • They fired a shell weighing 485 lb, with a bursting charge of 17 lb.

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  • Mr. Townend, you are bursting a blood vessel.

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  • The perianth consists of five or six oblong greenish lobes, within which is found a tuft, consisting of a large number of stamens, each of which has a very short filament and an oblong two-lobed anther bursting longitudinally, and surmounted by an oblong lobe, which is the projecting end of the connective.

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  • The site is bursting with brilliant layout designs.

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  • The three boys paused for a moment, before bursting out in laughter.

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  • The exhibition is bursting with fascinating and unusual exhibits including a tank of live piranhas, the giant mole and a beached sea creature.

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  • They looked at one another (now that the hunt was over and they were in the house, Nicholas no longer considered it necessary to show his manly superiority over his sister), Natasha gave him a wink, and neither refrained long from bursting into a peal of ringing laughter even before they had a pretext ready to account for it.

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  • From different sides came whistling sounds and the thud of cannon balls and bursting shells falling on the town.

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  • Only the huskies giving sledge rides seem bursting with energy.

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  • Amazon.com has a Sports & Outdoors department bursting with goods for water skiers.

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  • However, the illustrations that are included are in brilliant color bursting forth in a collage style of symbols and scenes from the stories.

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  • The Internet is bursting with tips for going green, and more are added daily.

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  • You can use water but there's always the risk of lines freezing and bursting.

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  • The internet is bursting with online presences that specialize or strongly feature gaming.

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  • Then read on, not only to get a gist of why this game is so popular, but also for several tips, hints, and strategies to help you along your bubble bursting journey.

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  • Movements must be clean, sharp and bursting with personality.

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  • The bursting of several of these altered cells is the method by which the skin vesicles are formed in certain conditions.

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  • Thus a maximum of filtering surface with a minimum of liquor in each bag is obtained, and a fa .r greater number of bags are got into a given area that would otherwise be possible, while the danger of bursting the bags by leaving them unsupported is avoided.

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  • The charging operation being completed, the temperature is raised, and as a consequence an evolution of carbon monoxide soon begins, and becomes visible by the gas bursting out into the characteristic blue flame.

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  • The automatic sight has, however, distinct limitations; it depends for its accuracy on height of site, and at long ranges even from a high site it cannot compare for accuracy with independent range-finding and careful laying or accurately applied quadrant elevation; it is also useless when the water line of the target is obscured, as may often be the case from the splashes caused by bursting shell.

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  • Most of it was made, by bursting the rock by means of wooden wedges, through the solid granite, and its outside parapet was supported by walls of brick resting on ledges far below.

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  • The garrison (King's German Legion) had run out of rifle ammunition and the French bursting in seized the post.

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  • The great event they dwell on is the bursting of the dam of Ma'rib, which led to the emigration northwards of the Yemenite tribes.

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  • It was while conducting the siege of Roxburgh Castle that James was killed, through the bursting of a cannon, on the 3rd of August 1460.

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  • The escape of the insect takes place on the spontaneous bursting of the walls of the vesicle, probably when, after viviparous (thelytokous) reproduction for several generations, male winged insects are developed.

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  • The insects complete their cocoons in from three to four days, and in two or three days thereafter the cocoons are collected, and the pupa killed to prevent its further progress and the bursting of the shell by the fully developed moth.

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  • Roxburgh castle was in English hands; James besieged it, and on the 3rd of August 1460 was slain by the bursting of one of his own huge siege guns.

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  • The first signs of this fungus is the appearance of small white tufts of mycelium bursting through the skin of the tuber, the spores of the fungus being carried at the tips of the threads forming these tufts.

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  • The excitement following on the bursting of the South Sea Bubble (q.v.), and the death or ruin of the leading ministers, brought Sir Robert Walpole to the front (1721).

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  • Marib, the Sabaean capital, was celebrated for its great dam, built according to tradition by the Queen of Sheba, and the bursting of which in A.D.

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  • This practice is a survival of the older method of moistening the seed with a little water, while the seeds were bruised under edge-runners, so as to lower the temperature and facilitate the bursting of the cells.

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  • He heard the snap of the spring-lock like something bursting in his brain, and sat astonied.

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  • Her insane asylums are filled and the prisons are bursting with people.

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  • I kept bursting into song - O Sio Mio or whatever leaped from by bass baritone chest and echoed around the walls.

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  • Have a long bath with bubbles in the morning; she enjoys bursting the bubbles with her tongue.

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  • The former fires red tails to cherry bursts with red pistils whilst the latter provides red and blue mines bursting into silver chrysanthemums.

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  • Like a tiny flower bursting through souless concrete, the wise feel a heartbeat beneath their feet.

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  • The perfect Olympic sprinter has legs bursting with fast-twitch muscle fibers that work without much oxygen.

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  • And by now there was a whole new wave of Brighton bands and punk venues, which were bursting at the seams.

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  • Bursting with fruitiness and fuller in body than most, it almost resembles a light red wine.

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  • They are long shanked with a long, barbless point that can be passed through a joker without bursting it.

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  • First there are a number of little foaming torrents, bursting through rocks about twenty yards above the promontory on which I stood.

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  • Luxuria, a deeply touching work bursting with emotion, falls squarely in the latter category.

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  • The other rivers are the Bhargavi, the Daya and the Nun, all of which flow into the Chilka lake and are navigable by large boats during the rainy season, when the waters come down in tremendous floods, bursting the banks and carrying everything before them.

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  • When the frost comes out in the spring, and even in a thawing day in the winter, the sand begins to flow down the slopes like lava, sometimes bursting out through the snow and overflowing it where no sand was to be seen before.

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  • Our recipe booklets show how healthy foods are naturally bursting with flavor.

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  • In these cases, the stroke is caused by a weakened artery bursting, which allows blood to seep out of the artery wall.

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  • The self-help shelves of bookshops are bursting with volumes all promising to help us change.

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  • He squints in the sun, his freckles bursting out in the summer heat.

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  • All these ivy-covered walls, birds warbling away from the branches of mature trees, spring flowers bursting into bloom.

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  • The first stop is The House of Cards, which is bursting at the seams with different styles of Bicycle playing cards.

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  • He was bursting with new ideas and a burning desire to remodel his grand estate home, but he put off the project and waited four years until his service ended.

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  • Bath Bombs - An updated take on the bath cube, these globe or heart-shaped "bombs" are made of essential oils, bursting with fizzing fragrance.

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  • The basic nutrition facts about pomegranates are that they are bursting with vitamins C, A and E, folic acid, fiber, potassium, iron and niacin.

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  • The first crop can be obtained from pots or boxes in the greenhouse, and these will be followed by fully formed and bursting buds, in sheltered and sunny places.

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  • Bursting onto the music scene in 1987 with the aptly titled Appetite for Destruction, GNR dismantled the contemporary popular music landscape virtually overnight.

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  • Adorned with a multitude of tattoo-inspired prints (bursting with color, naturally), these tops are popular choices for casual wear.

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  • Remember that other newcomers to the senior center's scene may also be shy; if you get past this barrier you are likely to find a new community bursting with fun activities for you to participate in.

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  • It's bursting with gobs of fresh blackberry, licorice, coffee and mocha.

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  • This overheated the battery, causing it to emit a "dinging" sound before bursting into flames.Also in 2004, Motorola recalled the v710.

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  • A child's fingernails should be kept clean and trimmed short to lessen the chance of bursting and infecting blisters if scratching does occur.

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  • This idea has been shaken by real estate bubbles bursting all over the country, and many investors have found their properties depreciating and their portfolio damaged.

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  • The Knit Kini, on the other hand, is bursting with juicy sherbet shades and hot pinks colors.

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  • There are numerous Internet boutiques bursting with swimsuits galore, so it would be next to impossible not to find something appropriate for your unique taste.

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  • In lieu of those wacky holiday sweaters bursting with pompoms and the like, try a new approach to the look.

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  • Casual, preppy, and bursting with the kind of nonchalant elitism that still allows you to sleep at night, Lacoste bags are the perfect addition to any upscale wardrobe.

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  • Bursting with white flowers on a luscious fuchsia-pink background, the print lends the set an eye-catching appeal.

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  • Historians cite Mary Tudor's barren womb and her possible death by the bursting of an ovarian cyst as another source for her bloody moniker.

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  • Fortunately, the Internet is positively bursting with unique shoe boutiques that offer an abundance of hard-to-find footwear.

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  • It was later marketed at a boat show in Florida before bursting on the social scene as the perfect beach shoe.

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  • France, like so many European nations, is bursting with history and relics of an aristocratic past.

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  • Moreover, many video sites are bursting with tutorials and demonstrative videos of cheerleading performances.

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  • Fortunately, one's tastes can adjust and many whole foods are bursting with their own unique essences.

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  • Clothes dryers catching a spark and bursting into flames.

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  • Flood insurance may be a separate policy for both floods caused by the water outdoors and indoors (such as a pipe bursting or a tub overflowing).

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  • While the puncturing or eruption of the water or inserts is unlikely, it is possible that leakage can occur if the lining is severed with a sharp object or pressure is applied to the point of bursting.

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  • They instead compare their format to a movie like Chicago, in which the characters sing, but in a way that makes sense with the plot rather than bursting into spontaneous song.

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  • The characters have been clearly thought out and developed by creator Joss Whedon to carry on board with them a past bursting with intrigue and together they form the most diverse and wayward "family" that television has ever seen.

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  • This vegetarian and vegan-fare restaurant may be small, but it's bursting with bold flavors and dishes.

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  • A slow waltz began playing and she closed her eyes, imagining the bright sunlight and flowers bursting from swollen buds.

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  • In 1852 great destruction was wrought in the town by the bursting of a reservoir in the vicinity.

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  • The sun, just bursting forth from behind a cloud that had concealed it, was shining, with rays still half broken by the clouds, over the roofs of the street opposite, on the dew- besprinkled dust of the road, on the walls of the houses, on the windows, the fence, and on Pierre's horses standing before the hut.

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  • While the town was bursting at its seams for tomorrow's holiday, the side street where the Deans' inn was located was peacefully quiet.

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  • Bursting through the door, she immediately spotted Brutus, who was waging a battle against a pack of wild dogs.

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  • Exudations and Rotting.The outward symptoms of many diseases consist in excessive discharges of moisture, often accompanied by bursting of over-turgid cells, and eventually by putrefactive changes.

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  • Pythium, Peronospore, Completoria, Vol utelta, Botrytis, &c. That such overturgescence should lead to the bursting of fleshy fruits, such as gooseberries, tomatoes and grapes, is not surprising, nor can we wonder that fermentation and mould Fungi rapidly spread in such fruits; and the same is true for bulbs and herbaceous organs generally.

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  • Thus a very strong heart, although it may be useful to its possessor for many years, driving the blood rapidly through the vessels, and supplying all his tissues with such abundant nutriment as to enable him to endure great exertion, mental or bodily, may in the end cause death by bursting a vessel in the brain, which might have resisted the pressure of a feebler circulation for years longer.

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  • On the 30th of April 1802 it suffered severely by the bursting of the reservoir known as the Pantano de Puentes, in which the waters of the Sangonera were stored for purposes of irrigation (1775-1785); the district adjoining the river, known as the Barrio de San Cristobal, was completely ruined, and more than six hundred persons perished.

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